River carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Carpiodes carpio · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 64 cm
The river carpsucker is a demersal catostomid whose adults occur in lakes and pools and in the backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers, and it feeds on organic detritus. Maximum length is about 64 cm total length, commonly about 34.3 cm, and it can live ten years. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 53 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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