Classification / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes
(Carps) > Catostomidae
(Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Moxostoma: Greek, myxo = to suckle + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); duquesnii: Named after Fort Duquesne, upper Ohio River drainage, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; type locality (Ref. 10294).
Environment / Climate / Range
Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 43°N - 32°N
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 28.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 12193)
North America: lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin from Ontario in Canada and from New York to southeastern Minnesota in USA and south to northern Alabama and eastern Oklahoma, USA; upper and middle Mobile Bay drainage in Georgia, Alabama and southeastern Tennessee in USA.
Inhabits sand-bottomed to rock-bottomed pools and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers. Also found in impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). Adult feeds on small benthic invertebrates, especially microcrustacea and midge larvae (Ref. 10294).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Threat to humans
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00696 - 0.01983), b=2.95 (2.80 - 3.10), based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278
): 3.0 ±0.41 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 69278
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=10).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
): High vulnerability (58 of 100) .