Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)
Bigmouth buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

 Family:  Catostomidae (Suckers), subfamily: Ictiobinae
 Max. size:  123 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 32 kg; max. reported age: 20 years
 Environment:  demersal; depth range - 10 m
 Distribution:  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.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  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).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: OrtaƱez, Auda Kareen - 07.11.07
 Checked by: Casal, Christine Marie V. - 07.01.03

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