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Catostomus commersonii
White Sucker
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		White Sucker
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Cypriniformes, Family Catostomidae, Genus Catostomus, Species Catostomus commersonii


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CO: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Bluestone National Scenic River	Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Mammoth Cave National Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Missouri National Recreational River	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Niobrara National Scenic River	Pecos National Historical Park
Rock Creek Park	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	2/14/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 6:52:01 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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