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Brian Gratwicke, license: CC BY 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Cypriniformes
Family:
Catostomidae
Subfamily:
Catostominae
Genus:
Catostomus
Species:
commersonii
Common:
White sucker
Climates:
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
North America - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Names: Snitch; Snort
Citable References
Rountree et al. (2018)
Anderson et al. (2005)
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2005. Soniferous Fishes in Tidal Freshwater Tivoli Bay of the Hudson River. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F., Bolgan, M. 2018. Air Movement Sound Production by Alewife, White Sucker, and Four Salmonid Fishes Suggests the Phenomenon Is Widespread among Freshwater Fishes. PLoS ONE, 13(9).
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.