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Name: |
Bigmouth Buffalo |
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Other Common
Names: |
Lake buffalo, slough buffalo, blue buffalo, common buffalo, gourd head, redmouth buffalo, roundhead, bullnosed buffalo, mud buffalo, chubnosed buffalo, brown buffalo, pugnose buffalo |
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Scientific Name: |
Ictiobus cyprinellus |
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Diet: |
Feeds on insects, some plant material |
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Habitat: |
Tolerates muddy water and silty bottoms of large rivers and overflow ponds |
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Length: |
15.5 inches |
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Identification: |
Bluish-green back shading to coppery-blue sides and light bluish-grey belly; deeply rounded body with a large head and mouth; dorsal fin sickle-shaped. |
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Photo and text
courtesy of |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker |