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Alabama Hog Sucker

Hypentelium etowanum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 231, February 251, March 264, April 462, May 325, June 212, July 176, August 169, September 224, October 237, November 189, December 195.
United States4,975
Alabama2,935
Georgia1,496
Mississippi239
North Carolina211
Tennessee83
Louisiana3
South Carolina3
Missouri2
Illinois2

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
GenusHog Suckers · Hypentelium

Sources

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