Fine-scaled sucker with 11-14 dorsal rays, a shallow cleft between the upper and lower lips, and membranous stays that connect the pelvic fins to the body. For more information see McPhail (2007) (Source: McPhail, J. D. 2007. The Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia. The University of Alberta Press. 620 p.)
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BC Distribution and Notes The bridgelip sucker is another Columbia endemic. Ecologically, it bridges the trophic gap between the largescale sucker and the mountain sucker — it is less dependent on periphyton than the mountain sucker but is not as clearly a general benthivore as the largescale sucker. Interestingly, much of its anatomy is also intermediate between these species. Little is known about its reproductive biology or the details of its habitat use. Source: Information provided by Don McPhail for E-Fauna BC. Global Distribution North America: Pacific Slope from Fraser River drainage in British Columbia, Canada south through Columbia River drainage in British Columbia and in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada, USA and Harney River basin in eastern Oregon, USA. Source: FishBase. 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. |
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