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Catostomidae
Bigmouth buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus
One Hundred Twenty Three Centimeters Catostomid Fish
- Brown
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeBigmouth buffalo is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 123 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Ictiobus
- Maximum length
- 123 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Hudson Bay (Nelson and Red river drainages), Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Ontario to Saskatchewan in Canada and Montana in the US, and south to Louisiana in the US.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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