Chub Sucker 



Chub Sucker 



Only one species is known, E. sucetta, the chub sucker or 

 creekfish, which reaches a length of about 10 inches and is 

 widely distributed from the Great Lakes and New England south 

 to Texas. Those in the northern part of the range have been 

 regarded as a subspecies, E. sucetta oblongus. 



GENUS MINYTREMA JORDAN 



This genus may be known by the incomplete lateral line 

 and the presence of a small blackish spot at base of each scale 

 on side, these forming interrupted longitudinal lines along the 

 rows of scales. 



Spotted Sucker 



The single species is M. melanops, known as the winter 

 sucker or spotted sucker. It reaches a moderate size and is of 



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