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Northern hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans
36.65, -82.75
Field Notes
Description:
Chunky, bottom dweller about 5 inches long. Mouth similar to an elephant seal with vacuum-like mouth, brown body with darker bands.
Habitat:
It can be found in or next to riffle areas of the Clinch River.
It prefers clear, fast-flowing water, where it can forage on the riverbed for crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic insects, algae and detritus. It turns over small pebbles and scrapes materials off rocks and sucks up the particles, and other species of fish sometimes station themselves downstream from its activities so as to garner disturbed food fragments.~Wikipedia
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Northern hogsucker
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 13, 2016
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