Quillback carpsucker

The quillback carpsucker is closely related to the highfin carpsucker and the river carpsucker.

The Quillback carpsucker lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

The quillback carpsucker is closely related to the highfin carpsucker and the river carpsucker. All three species are rarely caught by anglers due to their feeding habits, but they have been caught occasionally on worms and artificial lures. More

The quillback carpsucker is native to Ohio and is the most widely distributed of the three carpsucker species in the state. More

The quillback carpsucker is distributed throughout Iowa, extending from the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers into the large interior river and most river impoundments (Harlan et al. 1987). It is found in almost every watershed in the state. More

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Common names

couette in French (français)
Pigget sugekarpe in Danish (dansk)
quillback in English
quillback carpsucker in English
Stachelrücken-Karpfensauger in German (Deutsch)
Sugkarp in Swedish (Svenska)
Sulkaimukarppi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Vantuzlu baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
似鯉亞口魚 in Mandarin Chinese
似鲤亚口鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Catostomidae
Genus : Carpiodes
Species : Carpiodes cyprinus
Authority : Lesueur, 1817