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Catostomidae
Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
One Hundred Twelve Centimeters Catostomid Fish
- Brown
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Brown
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeSmallmouth buffalo is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 112 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Ictiobus
- Maximum length
- 112 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Lake Michigan drainage and Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania and Michigan to Montana, USA and south to the Gulf of Mexico; Gulf Slope drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA. Also in Mexico.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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