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Coastal Barrier Resources System Property Documentation ... Spotted Sucker. View Profile. overview characteristics geography timeline ... Identification Numbers. TSN: 163959. Geography. Launch Interactive Map. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the ...
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.
Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque, 1820) Common name: Spotted Sucker. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993). Maximum size: 50 cm. Native Range: Lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Pennsylvania to Minnesota and south to Gulf; Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from ...
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.
Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae. Etymology: Minytrema: Latin, minimus = reduced + Greek, trema = aperture; refered to its reduced lateral line (Ref. 45335); melanops: melanops, meaning black appearance (Ref. 10294). More on author: Rafinesque.
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.
Description. General Description. These have soft-rayed fins, cycloid scales, and scaleless heads. They have a protrusible, ventral mouth with fleshy lips covered with visible papillae or striations covered with taste buds.
