Northern Hog Sucker

KANSAS: SINC
FEDERAL: N/A
Scientific Name: Hypentelium nigricans
CATEGORY: SINC
SPECIES CLASS: Fishes
Date Listed: SINC 1987
Recovery Plan: No
Photo by Ryan Waters

Ryan Waters

SPECIES DESCRIPTION

The Northern Hog Sucker lives in deep riffles of small or medium sized streams that have a permanent flow of clear, cool water over rocky bottoms. They spawn in April or May at water temperatures of 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. This fish forages by sucking small organisms off the exposed surfaces of stones or overturning rocks to obtain insect larvae that live in crevices within the loose rubble.
Northern Hog Suckers now occur only in the Spring River and Shoal Creek, Cherokee County. A century ago, they were reported from the Neosho and Osage Rivers in Kansas.

Northern Hog Sucker
SPECIES PROTECTION AND CRITICAL HABITATS: DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITATS
The following counties contain critical habitat for Northern Hog Sucker:
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