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The bigmouth buffalo is also negatively affected by dams that restrict their movement and ability to find suitable spawning habitat, they are prone to winterkill, and they are highly vulnerable to overfishing. [4] [5] [3] [13] [34] [6] The bigmouth buffalo is an endangered fish species in Pennsylvania. [47]
The North Carolina state record for smallmouth buffalo is an 88 lb (40 kg) fish caught in Lake Wylie on November 14, 1993 by Tony Crawford, [15] who had previously set the state record with a 61.02 lb (27.68 kg) fish caught at the same lake on December 1, 1991, both through use of packbait.
Ictiobus, also known as buffalofishes, buffalofish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish native to North America, specifically the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala. They are the largest and longest-lived of the North American suckers , reaching up to 1.23 m (4.0 ft) in length [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and more than 100 years of age for ...
A bigmouth buffalo (top) compared to a quillback (bottom). Both of these species are long-lived catostomids [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The quillback is a slow-paced and long-lived freshwater fish species that belongs to a subfamily (Ictiobinae) for which extremely long-lived fishes are becoming known.
The black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the Catostomidae or sucker family. [2] With a lifespan of up to 108 years, it is among the longest-lived of freshwater fish species. [3] Found in the Mississippi Basin and southern Great Lakes.
Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.
Although the carp was an important aquatic food item, as more fish species have become readily available for the table, the importance of carp culture in Western Europe has diminished. Demand has declined, partly due to the appearance of more desirable table fish such as trout and salmon through intensive farming , and environmental constraints.
While the fins are usually opaque, in older fish they may be dark yellow. It is distributed along the Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Montana . The river carpsucker, like most suckers , is a bottom feeder and obtains its nutrients from algae , microcrustaceans , and other various tiny planktonic plants and animals found in silty ...