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Catostomidae
Northern hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans
Snout disturbs bottom to feed
- Black
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Black
Temperate
Regional distribution
Elongated
LargeNorthern hogsucker is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 61 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Hypentelium
- Maximum length
- 61 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south to Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana in USA; from Mohawk-Hudson River to Altamaha River in USA; from Pascagoula River to Comite River in USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
