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Red sucker

Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)

Status not recordedbony fish

The red sucker (Catostomus catostomus) is a species in the family Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the red sucker

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 red sucker live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Finland

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 red sucker 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 red sucker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCatostomidae
  6. genusCatostomus
  7. SpeciesCatostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)

Synonyms Catostomus aurora, Catostomus catostomus catostomus, Catostomus catostomus lacustris, Catostomus catostomus rostratus, Catostomus forsterianus, Catostomus griseus, Catostomus hudsonius, Catostomus lactarius, Catostomus longirostris, Catostomus longirostrum, Catostomus nanomyzon, Catostomus pocatello, Catostomus retropinnis, Catostomus rostratus, Catostomus tilesii, Cyprinus castostomus, Cyprinus catostomus, Cyprinus hudsonius, Cyprinus rostratus

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Jasper longnose suckerEnglish
  • Longnose suckerEnglish
  • Redside suckerEnglish
  • pakaprovec obecnýCzech
  • Langnæset sugekarpeDanish
  • cungartakCentral Yupik
  • imukarppiFinnish
  • meunier rougeFrench
  • 긴코서커Korean
  • czukuczan pospolityPolish
  • Обыкновенный чукучанRussian
  • sugkarpSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red sucker

Other species in the same genus Catostomus.

Yaqui sucker

Catostomus bernardini

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Utah sucker

Catostomus ardens

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Bay fish

Catostomus commersonii

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red sucker an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red sucker as introduced in 1 country: Finland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the red sucker?

The red sucker (Catostomus catostomus) belongs to the family Catostomidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red sucker (Catostomus catostomus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-sucker

MLA

“Red sucker (Catostomus catostomus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-sucker.

BibTeX
@misc{red_sucker_2026,
  title = {Red sucker (Catostomus catostomus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-sucker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}