White Sucker

• Its fleshy, papillose lips, set on the underside, work as a sucker with which it scrapes organic matter off the bottom.
• It is among the most adaptable native fish in North America: it withstands turbid, polluted, oxygen-poor water, and occupies everything from tiny streams to great lakes.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bony fish)

Habitat and environment

Streams, rivers and lakes of North America, from cold clear water to turbid, polluted water; down to about 30 m and between 0 and 29 °C

Sexual maturity

Length at first maturity from 23 cm

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Catostomus commersonii

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.