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Sharpfin Chubsucker

Erimyzon tenuis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 55, February 59, March 63, April 109, May 77, June 50, July 42, August 40, September 53, October 56, November 45, December 46.
United States1,821
Alabama696
Mississippi378
Louisiana272
Georgia3
North Carolina2
South Carolina2
Massachusetts1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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
GenusChubsuckers · Erimyzon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sharpfin Chubsucker with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.