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Common names: Highfin carpsucker
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Gulf Slope drainages: from Choctawhatchee River in Alabama and Florida to Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

帆鳍鲤亚口鱼, Puriuim-lippkarp, Højfinnet sugekarpe, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Ictiobinae
Etymology: Carpiodes: Greek, karpos = wrist, part of the skeleton which unites the hand to the fore arm (Ref. 45335); velifer: velifer, meaning sail bearer (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Rafinesque.

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Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 46°N - 31°N

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North America: Lake Michigan drainage and Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Minnesota and South Dakota and south to Louisiana, USA; Atlantic Slope in Cape Fear and Santee River drainages in North Carolina, USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Choctawhatchee River to Pearl River in USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 26.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 12193)

Occurs in pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 3814, 10294).

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 October 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: public aquariums

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00582 - 0.01719), b=3.01 (2.85 - 3.17), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.4 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=11).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820)