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Name: |
Spotted Sucker |
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Other Common
Names: |
corncob sucker, spotted sucker, striped sucker, speckled sucker, black sucker, winter sucker |
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Scientific Name: |
Minytrema melanops |
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Length: |
Average is 11 inches |
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Identification: |
Coarse-scaled fish with a dark olive-brown back, coppery green sides and a gray-silver belly, scales are large with a squarish dark spot at the base which forms several lengthwise streaks along the body |
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Photo courtesy of: |
Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History |
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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 |