North America: throughout most of Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope south to Delaware River drainage in New York, USA; Great Lakes basin; upper Monongahela River drainage in Maryland and West Virginia, USA; Missouri River drainage south to Nebraska and Colorado, USA. Also in Arctic basin of Siberia in Russia. Occurs in Columbia River System (Molly Hallock, pers. comm.).
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 45 - 47. Distinguished by the sucking mouth located on the ventral sides of the head and thick papillose lips. Gill rakers short; lateral line complete, inconspicuous; caudal tips slightly rounded. Adults may be reddish brown, dark brassy green or black above, paler on the lower sides, with the ventral parts white; young fish are usually dark gray with small black spots; breeding males are usually dark above with a brilliant reddish stripe along each side, while females are greenish gold to copper, with a less brilliant red stripe; breeding males show prominent tubercles on the rays of the anal and caudal fins and also on the head.
Found in clear, cold, deep water of lakes and tributary streams; occasionally found in brackish water in the Arctic. Moves from lakes into inlet streams or from slow, deep pools into shallow, gravel-bottomed portions of streams to spawn. Feeds on benthic invertebrates. Young are preyed upon by other fishes and fish-eating birds; while adults in spawning streams are taken by mammals, osprey and eagles. Utilized as a food fish or as dog foo.
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums.
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Mikoachan Cree Can Quebec
Mikoasan Cree Can Quebec
Mikosao Cree Can Quebec
Mokhwasaw Cree Can Quebec
Pakaprovec obecný Czech Czech Rep
Langnæset sugekarpe Danish Denmark
Black sucker English Can Br Colum
Black sucker English Canada
Finescale sucker English Can Br Colum
Finescale sucker English Canada
Long-nosed sucker English Russian Fed
Longnose sucker English Can Br Colum
Longnose sucker English Canada
Longnose sucker English UK
Longnose sucker English USA
Northern sucker English Can Br Colum
Red sucker English Can Br Colum
Red-sided sucker English Can Br Colum
Red-sided sucker English Canada
Siberian sucker English Russian Fed
Sturgeon sucker English Can Br Colum
Sturgeon sucker English Canada
Imukarppi Finnish Finland
Meunier rouge French Can Quebec
Meunier rouge French Canada
Alaska-Saugdöbel German Germany
Maulbiden-Saugdöbel German Germany
Tschukutschan German Germany
Kaviksuak Inuktitut Alaska
Milugiak Inuktitut Alaska
Milugiak Inuktitut Canada
Miluiak Inuktitut Can Quebec
Miluqiaq Inuktitut Can Quebec
Nannilik Inuktitut Can Quebec
真亚口鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Main
真亞口魚 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Sugekarpe Norwegian Norway
Kw'ekw'mús Okanagan USA
Czukuczan Polish Poland
Czukuczan syberyjski Polish Poland
Obyknovennyi chukuchan Russian Russian Fed
Tsekw'mus Shuswap Can Br Colum
Sugkarp Swedish Sweden
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