Quillback
SpeciesFish
A freshwater sucker fish distributed across North America
1.00Common
Common
Quillback
- Fish
The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), also called the quillback sucker or quillback carpsucker, is a freshwater fish in the sucker family distributed throughout North America. It has a deeper, fuller body than most suckers, but is not a carp. Like other catostomids, it lacks barbels around the mouth. Reported lifespans reach 30 years in Florida and 44 to 52 years in several Canadian and US locations.
- Scientific name
- Carpiodes cyprinus
- Distribution
- Throughout North America
- Lifespan
- Up to 52 years reported
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Quillback (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q142697
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By LouisianaLefty. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsLouisianaLefty, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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