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Chasmistes liorus Jordan, 1878

June sucker
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Chasmistes: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.

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

Freshwater; pelagic; non-migratory. Temperate; 40°N - 39°N

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North America: Utah Lake and its tributaries in Utah, USA. Two subspecies were recognized: Chasmistes liorus liorus from Utah Lake; and Chasmistes liorus mictus may have arisen as a hybrid between Chasmistes liorus liorusand Chasmistes ardens and replaced the original form of Chasmistes liorus.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 46.5, range 44 - 49 cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35393); max. reported age: 40 years (Ref. 35393)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Formerly most common in deep waters of Utah Lake. Used tributaries of lake for spawning (Ref. 5723, 86798). Adults are pelagic and feed on aquatic invertebrates in the mid-water column. Juveniles inhabit emergent vegetation, apparently as refuge from predators (Ref. 35293).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2be); Date assessed: 02 November 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=5-10; tmax=40).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).