Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)

Scientific name: Ictiobus cyprinellus Valenciennes, 1844

Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)

The Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is a freshwater fish of the family Catostomidae. Native range: North America, Hudson Bay, lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Ontario to Saskatchewan in Canada and from Montana south to Louisiana in the USA.

Biology

Inhabits main channels, pools and backwaters of small to large rivers. Also occurs in lakes and impoundments. Oviparous. Feeds on cladocera and cyclopoid copepods supplemented with midge larvae.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ictiobus cyprinellus
Family
Catostomidae (Suckers)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
123
Common length
35.6
Depth range
10 m (33 ft)
Environment
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 10 - ? m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Hudson Bay, lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Ontario to Saskatchewan in Canada and from Montana south to Louisiana in the USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=20)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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