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Catostomidae
Mountain sucker
Pantosteus platyrhynchus
Fish Reaching Twenty Five Centimeters in North American Waters
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumMountain sucker is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Pantosteus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Canada and USA from Saskatchewan River system and Fraser River drainage south through upper Missouri and Colorado River drainages to Colorado and Utah; Lahontan basin in the USA; upper Sacramento River system in California and through Oregon and Washington to southern British Columbia.
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