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| Scientific Name | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) |
| Common Names | White Sucker Common Sucker, Sucker |
| Type Locality | No locality. |
| Synonym(s) | Catostomus alticolus, Catostomus bostoniensis, Catostomus chloropteron, Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii, Catostomus flexuosus, Catostomus gracilis, Catostomus pallidus, Catostomus richardsoni, Catostomus sucklii, Catostomus teres, Cyprinus commersonnii, Cyprinus reticulatus, Cyprinus teres, Moxostoma trisignatum |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 650mm or 25.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: throughout most of Canada to the Atlantic Coast, south through North Carolina to New Mexico in the USA, becoming less common in the southern High Plains. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 5, pp 503, 606. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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 | Look up C. commersonii on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up C. commersonii on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:6.76.1107.5910 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:58 (species record created: 2014 Sep 21 11:58) |