Catostomidae (Suckers), subfamily: Ictiobinae |
123 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 32 kg; max. reported age: 20 years |
demersal; depth range - 10 m |
North America: Hudson Bay, lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Ontario to Saskatchewan in Canada and from Montana south to Louisiana in the USA. |
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Inhabits main channels, pools and backwaters of small to large rivers. Also occurs in lakes and impoundments. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Feeds on cladocera and cyclopoid copepods supplemented with midge larvae (Ref. 10294). |
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
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