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The June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) is an endangered, long-lived lake sucker found naturally nowhere else on Earth outside Utah Lake in central Utah. Named for its historic mass spawning runs that occurred every June up the Provo River, it is an extraordinary midwater...
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The Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma robustum) is a magnificent, heavy-bodied freshwater sucker that represents one of the most famous rediscovery stories in modern American ichthyology. Originally described in 1869 by Edward Drinker Cope, it was thought completely extinct...
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The Flannelmouth Sucker (Catostomus latipinnis) is an iconic native big-river fish of the Colorado River system, famed for navigating the roaring whitewater rapids and deep desert canyons of the American West. It takes its descriptive common name from its enormous,...
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The Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus) is a large, prehistoric-looking lake sucker endemic exclusively to the alkaline waters of Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin of Nevada. A sacred species of supreme cultural and historical significance to the Kooyooe Tukadu (Cui-ui Eaters)...
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The Black Redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei) is an exceptionally sleek, cool-water freshwater fish native to the pristine upland streams of eastern North America. Named for its dark, slate-grey to dark olive dorsal coloration and silvery flanks, it was named by French...
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The Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is one of the most widespread and attractively colored native suckers in North America’s river systems. Named for its shimmering brassy-golden scales and translucent slate-yellow fins, it is an essential benthic grazer...
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The Greater Redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi) is the undisputed giant of the redhorse genus, reaching lengths of over 30 inches and weights exceeding 12 pounds. Native to the northern glacial river basins of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence watersheds, this majestic...
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The River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) is a large, handsome freshwater sucker native to the clear, powerful rivers of eastern North America. Instantly distinguished by its bright scarlet-red caudal and lower fins, brassy-bronze scales, and colossal pharyngeal throat...
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The Northern Hog Sucker (Hypentelium nigricans) is a distinctive, bottom-dwelling freshwater fish native to clean, rocky streams across eastern North America. Instantly recognizable by its heavy, squared-off head, wide-set bulging eyes, and bold dark saddle markings,...
