Sacramento Sucker 



Sacramento Sucker 



Catostomus occidentalis Ayres 



Streams of California, especially abundant in the Sacramento 

 and San Joaquin rivers. This species was formerly of consider- 

 able importance to the Indians, who caught it in great numbers. 

 It reaches a foot in length. 



Columbia River Sucker ; Yellow Sucker 



Catostomus macrocheilus Girard 



Columbia River basin and other rivers and lakes of Oregon 

 and Washington, generally abundant; not known from the 

 Snake River basin above Shoshone Falls. It is abundant in the 

 Redfish Lakes of Idaho and in Flathead Lake of Montana. During 

 the spring and early summer it is found in the streams, but in 

 July or earlier it retires to' deeper water, entering lakes when- 

 ever opportunity offers. It attains a length of 12 to 17 inches, 

 and is a food-fish of considerable importance, particularly to the 

 Flathead Indians and other Indians in the regions where it is 

 found. Its flesh is sweet, firm and flaky, the fish usually in- 

 habiting cold waters. 



At the Redfish Lakes in Idaho this sucker was noticed in 

 August and September toward the close of the day swimming 

 about in great schools at the surface of the water, sometimes 

 with their noses projecting. The schools would gather about 



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