Description

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Common Names

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Krunýřovec prasečí , Czech , Czechia

Pakaprovec dlouhoploutvý , Czech , Czechia

Pakaprovec tmavoskvrnný , Czech , Czechia

Nordlig klippesugekarpe , Danish , Denmark

Northern hog sucker , English , Canada

Northern hog sucker , English , USA

Northern hog sucker , English , Global

Must nappkarp , Estonian , Estonia

Pohjaimukarppi , Finnish , Finland

北方黑猪鱼(黑叶唇亚口鱼) , Mandarin Chinese , China

北方黑豬魚(黑葉唇亞口魚) , Mandarin Chinese , China

чукучан черный , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Catostomidae

Genus: Hypentelium

Species: Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits rocky riffles, runs and pools of clear creeks and small rivers. Occasionally found in large rivers and impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on immature stages of benthic insects and snails (Ref. 10294). It feeds by disturbing the stream bottom with its large snout and sucking up organisms that it dislodges (Ref. 84357).

Habitat

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demersal