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Northern Hog Sucker

Hypentelium nigricans

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 137, February 141, March 223, April 436, May 839, June 393, July 296, August 268, September 281, October 230, November 144, December 128.
United States24,707
Canada3,517
Ontario3,517
Tennessee2,787
North Carolina2,539
New York2,119
Virginia2,008
Ohio1,888
West Virginia1,651
Pennsylvania1,080

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilySuckers · Catostomidae
GenusHog Suckers · Hypentelium

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