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White Sucker

Catostomus Commersonii

Photo by DrRon17
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Field Notes

Description:

Sucker fish. Dark brown/olive color. Long and slender. This one was maybe 14-15 inches long...

Notes:

I am not good at identifying the sucker family. There are so many of them that look similar...Any thoughts on the species?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Jellis
Assuming those are only scars on the side I would say that is a White Sucker/Catostomus commersoni

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PublishedJuly 10, 2014

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