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Catostomidae
Flannelmouth Sucker
Catostomus latipinnis
Subterminal mouth shaped like a suction cup
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
LargeFlannelmouth Sucker is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Catostomus
- Maximum length
- 56 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Colorado River drainage from southwestern Wyoming to southern Arizona in the USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
