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Catostomidae
Torrent sucker
Thoburnia rhothoeca
Eighteen Centimeters Catostomid Fish
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumThoburnia rhothoeca (common name torrent sucker) is a species of fish native to Virginia and West Virginia.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Thoburnia
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic Slope from upper Potomac River drainage in Virginia and West Virginia to Roanoke River drainage in northern central Virginia and adjacent West Virginia (absent in York River system), USA; upper New River drainage in Virginia (apparently extirpated), USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
