Hypentelium nigricans, Northern hog sucker : gamefish

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Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)

Northern hog sucker
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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Hypentelium: Greek, hypo = below + Greek, pentelium = five lobes (Ref. 45335); nigricans: nigricans, meaning blackish (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 46°N - 30°N

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North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south to Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana in USA; from Mohawk-Hudson River to Altamaha River in USA; from Pascagoula River to Comite River in USA.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 29.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193); peso máximo publicado: 480.00 g (Ref. 40637)

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Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits rocky riffles, runs and pools of clear creeks and small rivers. Occasionally found in large rivers and impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on immature stages of benthic insects and snails (Ref. 10294). It feeds by disturbing the stream bottom with its large snout and sucking up organisms that it dislodges (Ref. 84357).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00388 - 0.01290), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.3   ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈