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Desert sucker (Pantosteus clarkii)
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Desert sucker (Pantosteus clarkii) specimen
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Catostomidae

Desert sucker

Pantosteus clarkii

Catostomid Fish beneath Mexican Waters

  • Temperate
  • Lower river
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Desert sucker is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 33 cm.

Maximum length
33 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: lower Colorado River drainage including Pluvial White River and Meadow Valley Wash in Nevada, USA; Virgin River in Utah, Arizona and Nevada, USA; Bill Williams River in Arizona, USA; and Gila River in New Mexico and Arizona, USA and in northern Sonora, Mexico.

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