Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
General data
- Main name: Quillback
- Local names: Quillback carpsucker
- Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Rio Grande, Susquehanna River, Delaware River, Savannah river, Pee Dee river, Colorado River (Gulf of California), View all... Brazos River, St. Lawrence River, Mobile River, Potomac River, Mississippi River
Classification
- Genus: Carpiodes - Carpsuckers
- Family: Catostomidae - Suckers
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes