Range and Identity
Hypentelium nigricans has a broad eastern and central North American distribution. It is a sucker rather than a catfish, despite its bottom-feeding habits. Body shape, mouth position and locality are useful when distinguishing it from other fishes gathered in the same riffle.
Habitat and Behavior
Clear streams with gravel and rock provide characteristic habitat, including riffles, runs and pools. The fish investigates the bottom and can displace sediment around food items. A feeding observation should retain the substrate rather than merely describe the water as fast or slow.
Food and Life History
Aquatic insect larvae and other bottom-dwelling animals are recorded prey. The compiled upper length is sixty-one centimeters total length. A questionable mass value is not carried into this account, and weight is not calculated from the fish’s length or borrowed from another sucker species.
Field Note
Watch the patch of streambed immediately in front of the mouth. Disturbed sediment can help reveal feeding activity even when individual prey are too small to see.
All Lakes With Northern Hog Sucker
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Northern Hog Sucker records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
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- Devils Lake Lenawee, MI
- Devoe Lake Ogemaw, MI
- Fish Lake Kanabec, MN
- Knife Lake Kanabec, MN
- Lake Adrian Lenawee, MI
- Lake Erie Lake, OH
- Lake Huron Alcona, MI
- Lake Louise Mower, MN
- Lake Michigan Mason, IL
- Lake Michigan Lake, IN
- Lake Saint Clair Wayne, MI
- Little Stony Lake Lenawee, MI
- Long Lake Ramsey, MN
- Monticello Dam Jones, IA
- Ore Lake Livingston, MI
- Ross Lake Gladwin, MI
- Shady Lake Olmsted, MN
- Silver Lake Olmsted, MN
- Silver Lake Olmsted, MN
- Trumbull Lake Clay, IA
- Vernon Springs Impoundment Howard, IA
- Washington Lake Lenawee, MI
- Wolf Lake Van Buren, MI