DescriptionDistinguishing Features - Grey colouring, coppery brown through brown to black on back; creamy white on lower sides and below; fleshy, sucker-like mouth aimed downward.
Size - Average Weight - .5 - 1 kg (1 - 2 lb).
Habitat
Throughout NW Ontario in shallow estuary waters and bays where they "vacuum up" worms, crustaceans and, some say, the eggs of other fish. After spring break-up, suckers move upstream into rivers and creeks to spawn on gravelly beds.
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