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Name: |
Quillback |
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Other Common
Names: |
Carpsucker, white carp, silver carp, plains carpsucker, lake quillback, coldwater carp, quillback sucker, mullet, long-finned sucker |
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Scientific Name: |
Carpiodes cyprinus |
Diet: |
Feeds on insects |
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Habitat: |
Prefers rivers with sand or gravel bottom |
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Length: |
Range from 12 to 17 inches with an average of 14 inches. |
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Identification: |
Brown back with silvery reflections, sides tinged golden yellow with dark edged scales, belly white, scales large, no nipple-like extension on lower lip |
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Photo & 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 Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |