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Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Moxostoma: Greek, myxo = to suckle + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); duquesnei: Named after Fort Duquesne, upper Ohio River drainage, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; type locality (Ref. 10294).
Eponymy: This is not a true eponym, but is named after Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) so actually a toponym. The fort was named after Marquis Duquesne, the governor-general of New France (i.e. the area of North America colonised by the French). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lesueur.
Taxonomic Remarks
The original specific epithet is duquesnii but the unjustified emendation duquesnei is in current prevailing usage (see ECoF for nomenclatural details).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 126106). Temperate; 43°N - 32°N
North America: lower Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin from Ontario in Canada and from New York to southeastern Minnesota in USA and south to northern Alabama and eastern Oklahoma, USA; upper and middle Mobile Bay drainage in Georgia, Alabama and southeastern Tennessee in USA.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 28.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193); peso máximo publicado: 1.0 kg (Ref. 40637); edad máxima reportada: 10 años (Ref. 12193)
Adults inhabit sand-bottomed to rock-bottomed pools and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers. Also found in impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). Adults feed on small benthic invertebrates, especially microcrustacea and midge larvae (Ref. 10294).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00754 - 0.01388), b=3.01 (2.95 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax=10).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
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