Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Minytrema melanops · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 50 cm
The spotted sucker is a demersal catostomid that lives in the long deep pools of small to medium rivers, over clay, sand or gravel, and it is occasionally found in creeks, larger rivers and impoundments. It feeds on organic detritus as well as copepods, cladocerans, midge larvae and diatoms. Maximum length is about 50 cm total length, commonly about 32 cm, and it can live six years. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 47 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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