Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops)

Scientific name: Minytrema melanops Rafinesque, 1820

Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops)

The Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a freshwater fish of the family Catostomidae.

Biology

Inhabits long deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel. Occasionally found in creeks, large rivers and impoundments. Feeds on organic detritus, copepods, cladocerans, midge larvae and diatoms.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Minytrema melanops
Family
Catostomidae (Suckers)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
32.3
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North America: lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Pennsylvania to Minnesota in the USA and south to Gulf; Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Cape Fear River in North Carolina to Colorado River in Texas, USA (absent from most of peninsular Florida).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6)

Sources

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

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