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Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)

Quillback
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Quillback
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Atlantic Slope drainages from Delaware River in New York to Altamaha River in South Carolina; Gulf Slope drainages from Apalachicola River in Florida and Georgia to Pearl River in Louisiana (Ref. 5723). Also common in the Mississippi Basin and Great Lakes (except Lake Superior) (Ref. 10294). Chesapeake Bay: residents in large tributaries except for the Rappahannock and York River drainages (Ref. 93252).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Ictiobinae
Etymology: Carpiodes: Greek, karpos = wrist, part of the skeleton which unites the hand to the fore arm (Ref. 45335);  cyprinus: cyprinus - generic name of the carp, and alludes to its similarity to that fish (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser demersal.   Temperate; 54°N - 30°N

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North America: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Alberta in Canada and south to Louisiana, USA; Atlantic Slope drainages from Delaware River to Altamaha River in USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Apalachicola River to Pearl River in USA.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5723); common length : 52.1 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 12193); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.9 kg (Ref. 40637); max. veröff. Alter: 11 Jahre (Ref. 12193)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Inhabits pools, backwaters and main channels of creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 10294). Also occurs in lakes. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Feeds on bottom ooze and benthic invertebrates (Ref. 10294), including insects, mollusks and crustaceans, along with plant detritus and sand (Ref. 93252).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breed in streams and ponds with rapid flow, on sand and gravel, or in weedy places (Ref. 205). One female may mate with several males (Ref. 205).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 October 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Harmless




Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00570 - 0.02110), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.6   ±0.27 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179):  niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tmax=11).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.