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Name: |
Blue Sucker |
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Other Common
Names: |
Missouri sucker, razorback, slenderheaded sucker, gourdseed sucker, blackhorse, bluefish, sweet sucker, suckerel, “muskellunge” in the lower Wabash River in Indiana |
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Scientific Name: |
Cycleptus elongates |
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Length: |
Average length is 24 inches |
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Identification: |
Body long with pointed snout and papillae on lips. Caudal fin deeply forked. Back is blue to blue-black with whitish belly. Fins dusky to black. |
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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 |