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Summary for Catostomus catostomus catostomus Larvae
Longnose sucker

Catostomus  catostomus catostomus  (Forster, 1773)
Family:	Catostomidae (Suckers)			( not available )
Order:	Cypriniformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Longnose sucker
Distribution:	North America: throughout most of Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope south to Delaware River drainage in New York, USA; Great Lakes basin; upper Monongahela River drainage in Maryland and West Virginia, USA; Missouri River drainage south to Nebraska and Colorado, USA. Also in Arctic basin of Siberia in Russia. Occurs in Columbia River System (Molly Hallock, pers. comm.).
Adult biology:	Found in clear, cold, deep water of lakes and tributary streams; occasionally found in brackish water in the Arctic (Ref. 5723). Moves from lakes into inlet streams or from slow, deep pools into shallow, gravel-bottomed portions of streams to spawn (Ref. 27547). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 1998). Young are preyed upon by other fishes and fish-eating birds; while adults in spawning streams are taken by mammals, osprey and eagles (Ref. 1998). Utilized as a food fish or as dog food (Ref. 27547).
Diagnosis:	See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	temperate; 0 - 15°C; 38°N - 32°N
Main Ref:	Morrow, J.E.. 1980. (Ref. 27547)
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	Entered: Garilao, Cristina V.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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