White Sucker
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Cypriniformes |
| Family | Catostomidae |
| Genus | Catostomus |
| Species | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison, Morgan
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge, Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Marion
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Alberta
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Yukon
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Nunavut
- S3 Vulnerable
- Northwest Territories
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Navajo Nation
- SNA Not Applicable
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Montana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nebraska
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Mexico
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S3 Vulnerable
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Cope, E.D. & Packard, A.S. 1881. The fauna of the Nickajack Cave. American Naturalist 15: 877–882.
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1992. Geologic, hydrologic, and biologic investigations in Arrowwood, Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and selected caves, Madison, County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 262 pp.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1994. Hydrogeologic and biologic factors related to the occurrence of the Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae), Madison County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 161: 1–147.
How to cite this account
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2267. https://cavebiology.org/species/catostomus-commersonii/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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