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Catostomus commersoni
white sucker
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Catostomus commersoni (Lacepède, 1803)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
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Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Cypriniformes, Family Catostomidae, Genus Catostomus, Species Catostomus commersoni


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NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		14 Observations, 9 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Cape Cod National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	George Washington Carver National Monument
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glacier National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Monocacy National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Prince William Forest Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Voyageurs National Park	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	2/10/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 6:20:03 PM

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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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