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Phenacobius, the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States.Historically the suckermouth minnow was not found as far eastward as Ohio, now they seem to be a stable species living throughout the Midwest and parts of southern states such as Texas, New Mexico, and Alabama.
Phenacobius mirabilis, or the suckermouth minnow, is a North American cyprinid fish, where it occurs in the Mississippi River basin from Ohio and West Virginia to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, and from southeastern Minnesota to northern Alabama and southern Oklahoma. It also occurs in the western Lake Erie drainage in Ohio.
The white sucker is a long, round-bodied fish with a dark green, grey, copper, brown, or black back and sides and a light underbelly. The fish also has typical features of primitive Cypriniformes fishes, such as a homocercal tail, cycloid scales, and dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fin rays. [5]
Sometimes it competes with other sucker species and redhorse for breeding habitat. During the egg-laying process, daces, minnows, and chubs will sometimes forage on the freshly expelled eggs. [3] Spawning takes place in shallow water riffles usually during May, when the water temperature is about 15 °C (59 °F).
Cutlips minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua) Eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius) Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) Allegheny pearl dace (Margariscus margarita) River chub (Nocomis micropogon) Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) Comely shiner (Notropis amoenus) Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the family Cyprinidae and in particular the subfamily Leuciscinae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens .