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Bay fish

Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bay fish (Catostomus commersonii) is a species in the family Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the bay fish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bay fish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bay fish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bay fish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bay fish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCatostomidae
  6. genusCatostomus
  7. SpeciesCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)

Synonyms Catostomus alticolus, Catostomus bostoniensis, Catostomus chloropteron, Catostomus commersoni, Catostomus commersonii commersonii, Catostomus commersonnii, Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii, Catostomus communis, Catostomus flexuosus, Catostomus gracilis, Catostomus pallidus, Catostomus richardsoni, Catostomus sucklii, Catostomus teres, Cyprinus commersonnii, Cyprinus reticulatus, Cyprinus teres, Moxostoma trisignatum

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Black mulletEnglish
  • Coarse-scaled suckerEnglish
  • Common suckerEnglish
  • Eastern suckerEnglish
  • June suckerEnglish
  • White suckerEnglish
  • SopiikaAlabama
  • pakaprovec severníCzech
  • Matalote blancoSpanish
  • ValkoimukarppiFinnish
  • meunier noirFrench
  • 화이트서커Korean
  • Baltais čukučānsLatvian
  • NamebinOjibwa
  • czukuczan białyPolish
  • Белый чукучанRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bay fish

Other species in the same genus Catostomus.

Red sucker

Catostomus catostomus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Yaqui sucker

Catostomus bernardini

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Utah sucker

Catostomus ardens

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bay fish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bay fish as introduced in 1 country: United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bay fish?

The bay fish (Catostomus commersonii) belongs to the family Catostomidae in the order Cypriniformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bay fish (Catostomus commersonii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bay-fish

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BibTeX
@misc{bay_fish_2026,
  title = {Bay fish (Catostomus commersonii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bay-fish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}