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Catostomidae
Quillback
Carpiodes cyprinus
Catostomid Fish from North American Waters
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
LargeQuillback is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 66 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Carpiodes
- Maximum length
- 66 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Alberta in Canada and south to Louisiana, USA; Atlantic Slope drainages from Delaware River to Altamaha River in USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Apalachicola River to Pearl River in USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
