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The spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a species of sucker (fish) that is native to eastern North America. The spotted sucker inhabits deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel.
Habitat and Habits. Spotted suckers are found in oxbows, overflow ponds, lakes, and slow moving streams and rivers. They are often found in association with relatively clear waters with bottoms that are relatively free of silt and have an abundance of aquatic vegetation.
The spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a species of sucker (fish) that is native to eastern North America. The spotted sucker inhabits deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel. They are occasionally found in creeks and large rivers.
Food of spotted sucker includes insect larvae, crustaceans and plant materials that include algae. Spotted Sucker in Texas Native ot the Brazos River basin northeast to the Red River.
U.S. distribution: Lower Great Lakes basin (lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan) of PA, OH, MI, WS, and Ontario, Canada; upper Mississippi Valley in WS, MN, and IA; south to Gulf slope drainages from TX (Colorado River drainage) to FL (Suwannee River drainage); and north on Atlantic coast to Cape Fear drainage of NC (Gilbert and Burgess 1980).
17 lis 2013 · The spotted sucker has a wide geographic range, spanning southern Ontario down through more than 22 states in the U.S., including Wisconsin, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Carolina, and the Gulf Coast states like Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a species of sucker (fish) that is native to eastern North America. The spotted sucker inhabits deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel.
