Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cypriniformes
        Family: Catostomidae
          Genus: Catostomus
            Species: insignis

Sonora Sucker - Catostomus insignis

Sonora Sucker

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Sonora Sucker (Catostomus insignis) is a medium-sized (over 0.76 m long) fish that occurs in the upper Gila River and Bill Williams River system in Arizona, the Gila and San Francisco drainages in New Mexico, and the headwaters of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro in Sonora, Mexico. They inhabit a variety of habitats, from warm rivers to trout streams, using shade in rocky pools during the day and deep riffles during the night. They are most active in early morning and late evening.

Status

Global Rank: G3G4

State Rank: S2

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BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 226

Number of Mapped Locations: 850

Number of Observations: 1762

Observation date range: 10-26-1915 to 11-20-2022

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