''Erimyzon'' is a genus of
suckers native to
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.
Species
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Erimyzon claviformis
''Erimyzon'' is a genus of suckers native to North America. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.
Species
* '' Erimyzon claviformis'' (Girard, 1856) (Western creek chubsucker)
* ''Erimyzon oblongus'' ( Mitchill, 1814) (Cre ...
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(Girard, 1856) (Western creek chubsucker)
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Erimyzon oblongus
The creek chubsucker (''Erimyzon oblongus'') is a freshwater fish of the sucker family (Catostomidae).
Description
The creek chubsucker is one of three species in the genus '' Erimyzon'' from the family Catostomidae present in eastern North Am ...
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( Mitchill, 1814) (Creek chubsucker)
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Erimyzon sucetta
The lake chubsucker (''Erimyzon sucetta'') is a freshwater fish endemic to North America, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin, as far north as Ontario, Canada, extending south to the Gulf of Mexico. It is mainly found in lake ...
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(Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
* Lacepede Islands, a group of four islands in t ...
, 1803) (Lake chubsucker)
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Erimyzon tenuis
''Erimyzon'' is a genus of suckers native to North America. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.
Species
* ''Erimyzon claviformis'' (Girard, 1856) (Western creek chubsucker)
* ''Erimyzon oblongus'' ( Mitchill, 1814) (Cree ...
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(Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
, 1855) (Sharpfin chubsucker)
References
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Biology
Chubsuckers live in creeks, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. They are commonly found near thick vegetation.
Diet
Chubsucker species mainly consume aquatic insect larva. They can be seen "sucking" on the substrate of their watershed searching for a meal.
Catostomidae
Fish of North America
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