Both the white and the longnose sucker are bottom feeding fish and spend most of their time in shallow, warm waters. In bays, estuaries and tributary rivers, both species make their homes in holes and areas around windfalls or other underwater obstructions. However, longnose suckers have been found as deep as 600 feet in Lake Superior. Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Date Submitted: April 26, 2009
Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 4/25/09
Observation Time:
Observation Location: Beaver Brook
Plant or Animal? Animal
Common Name: White Sucker
Scientific Name: Catostomus commersoni
Comments: White suckers in spawning frenzy in Beaver Brook, 4/25/09. Note the red stripes and erect dorsal fins.
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