Comparisons of Precision and Bias with Two Age Interpretation Techniques for Opercular Bones of Longnose Sucker, a Long-Lived Northern Fish

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 790-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Perry ◽  
John M. Casselman
Keyword(s):  
Longnose Sucker

Changes in fish populations affected by the construction of the La Grande complex (Phase I), James Bay region, Quebec

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1860-1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude DesLandes ◽  
Sylvie Guénette ◽  
Yves Prairie ◽  
Réjean Fortin ◽  
Dominique Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Namaycush ◽  
Coregonus Clupeaformis ◽  
Lake Whitefish ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Complex Phase ◽  
Coregonus Artedii ◽  
Secondary Productivity ◽  
Longnose Sucker ◽  
The Impact

Catches per unit of effort (CPUE) with experimental gill nets, recruitment, growth, and condition were monitored between 1977 and 1992 to evaluate the impact of impoundment on the main fish species of La Grande 2, Opinaca, and Caniapiscau reservoirs and the Boyd–Sakami diversion. CPUE and recruitment of northern pike (Esox lucius) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) increased markedly at most stations after impoundment and decreased at the end of the series. The lake whitefish and cisco (Coregonus artedii) showed their most striking rise in CPUE at two bay stations of La Grande 2 and Opinaca reservoirs. CPUE and recruitment of the longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) (Caniapiscau) showed a general decrease following impoundment. CPUE for the walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) also decreased at several stations; however, the two most southerly stations in La Grande 2 reservoir and the Boyd–Sakami station showed high CPUE during the series. Concentration–redistribution phenomena explain part of the observed variations in CPUE. Correlation analyses showed that walleyes and white suckers were attracted to the warmer, more turbid stations, and that the high primary and secondary productivity of bay stations attracted the coregonines. Growth and condition of the main species increased during variable time intervals after impoundment and decreased at the end of the series.

Occurrence of Hybrids Between Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and White Sucker (C. commersoni) in Upper Kananaskis Reservoir, Alberta

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Habitat Disturbance ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Morphometric Data ◽  
Species Introduction ◽  
Isolating Mechanisms ◽  
Catostomus Catostomus ◽  
Longnose Sucker ◽  
First Time

Hybrids between longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and white sucker (C. commersoni), identified on the basis of intermediacy in several scale counts and in morphometric data, are recorded for the first time from Canada. The weakening of isolating mechanisms permitting hybridization was attributed to environmental factors, particularly species introduction and habitat disturbance. There was no evidence of swamping.

Acute olfactory sensitivity to prostaglandins but not to gonadal steroids in two sympatric species of Catostomus (Pisces: Cypriniformes)

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1897-1903 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Cardwell ◽  
J. G. Dulka ◽  
N. E. Stacey
Keyword(s):  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Gonadal Steroids ◽  
Electrophysiological Recording ◽  
Olfactory Sensitivity ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Olfactory Responses ◽  
Prostaglandin F ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Longnose Sucker

The discovery that released hormones (steroids and prostaglandins) and their metabolites function as potent pheromones in some fishes provides an opportunity to determine whether these chemically identified pheromones are species specific. As a first step in studying this complex issue, we used an extracellular electrophysiological recording technique (electro-olfactogram) to investigate the olfactory sensitivity of two sympatrically spawning catostomid species (white sucker, Catostomus commersoni, and longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus; Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) to steroids and prostaglandins that might function as sex pheromones. Both species were acutely sensitive to F-series prostaglandins, particularly prostaglandin-F2α and its metabolite 15-ketoprostaglandin-F2α, but exhibited no olfactory responses to free or conjugated gonadal steroids. The data from tests of olfactory sensitivity to a range of gonadal steroids, though negative, provide preliminary evidence that maturational steroid hormones do not function as pheromones in catostomids as they do in other cypriniform fishes. We were unable to detect species differences in receptor-level olfactory sensitivity to hormones or hormone metabolites, although we cannot discount possible differences at other levels of the olfactory system.

Suitability of Vertical Slot and Denil Fishways for Passing North-Temperate, Nonsalmonid Fish

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 1815-1822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Schwalme ◽  
William C. Mackay ◽  
Dieter Lindner
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
High Water ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Coregonus Clupeaformis ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Vertical Slot ◽  
Vertical Slot Fishway ◽  
Longnose Sucker

A vertical slot fishway and two Denil fishways (of 10 and 20% slope) built into a weir on the Lesser Slave River (55°18′N, 115°45′W) were studied from May 12 to June 25, 1984, to determine how effectively these designs pass north-temperate, nonsalmonid fishes. Thousands of spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius), substantial numbers (> 100) of northern pike (Esox lucius), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), immature yellow perch (Perca flavescens), and lesser numbers of burbot (Lota lota), adult yellow perch, lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), and trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) ascended the fishways. Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and goldeye (Hiodon alosoides), although probably moving extensively through the river, did not use the fishways. Although high water levels allowed most fish to surmount the weir, of those that chose the fishway, pike strongly preferred to ascend the Denil fishways and the two sucker species preferred to ascend the vertical slot. Therefore, a combination of several different fishways may be required for the most efficient passage of a wide variety of species. Plasma glucose and lactate measurements on pike revealed that ascending the Denil fishways was only moderately stressful for these fish.

Ecology of metazoan parasites infecting Catostomus spp. (Catostomidae) from southwestern Lake Superior

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl C. Hogue ◽  
Daniel R. Sutherland ◽  
Bruce M. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Lake Superior ◽  
Parasitic Copepod ◽  
Parasite Fauna ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Metazoan Parasites ◽  
Seasonal Basis ◽  
Longnose Sucker ◽  
High Degree

Ecology of the parasite fauna of two abundant nongame fish species, Catostomus catostomus (longnose sucker) and Catostomus commersoni (white sucker), from southwestern Lake Superior was examined. White sucker harbored a total of 17 parasite species compared with 8 species in longnose sucker. Echinorhynchus salmonis and Neoechinorhynchus crassus were the most abundant helminths in both sucker species. The only parasitic copepod found in this study, Ergasilus nerkae, was more prevalent in longnose sucker. In white sucker, Glaridacris catostomi, Capillaria catostomi, Ergasilus nerkae, Allocreadium lobatum, and Isoglaridacris bulbocirrus showed fluctuations in prevalence on a seasonal basis. Several helminth species showed a high degree of microhabitat overlap in the gut (e.g., A. lobatum, G. catostomi, and Echinorhynchus salmonis). Helminths that exhibited a higher mean intensity in certain sections of the intestinal tract included I. bulbocirrus in the anterior portion of the gut and Capillaria catostomi in the posterior region of the gut.

Myxobolid parasites (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infecting fishes of western Montana, with notes on histopathology, seasonality, and intraspecific variation

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1915-1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence G. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Infection Prevalence ◽  
Tissue Proliferation ◽  
Prosopium Williamsoni ◽  
Catostomus Macrocheilus ◽  
Redside Shiner ◽  
Richardsonius Balteatus ◽  
Cyst Rupture ◽  
Longnose Sucker

Cypriniform and salmonid fishes of the Columbia River drainage of western Montana harbor five members of the myxozoan family Myxobolidae. Myxobolus muelleri inhabits Ptychocheilus oregonensis (northern squawfish), Mylocheilus caurinus (peamouth), Richardsonius balteatus (redside shiner), and Catostomus macrocheilus (largescale sucker). Cysts appeared in gills, musculature, subcutis, and visceral mesenteries. Unencysted spores infiltrated mesenteries and viscera. Spore size and shape in the various tissues and hosts were highly varied. Muscle and subcutaneous cysts were associated with connective tissue proliferation and muscle degeneration; cyst rupture was associated with diffuse inflammation and rodlet cell proliferation. Infection prevalence in muscles and kidneys was high in adult and juvenile hosts (78–100%) throughout the year. Seasonal prevalence of gill and subcutaneous infections fluctuated markedly. Cysts of Myxobolus dujardini occurred in gills of the northern squawfish, peamouth, and redside shiner. Unicauda sp. was found in the eye capsule, gall bladder, mesenteries, and kidney of northern squawfish. Henneguya zschokkei occurred in intermuscular connective tissue of Prosopium coulteri (pygmy whitefish) and Prosopium williamsoni (mountain whitefish). Myxobolus sp. occurred in the gills of Catostomus catostomus (longnose sucker).

A Biochemical and Cytological Study of the Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and Large and Dwarf Forms of the White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni)

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1745-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Beamish ◽  
H. Tsuyuki
Keyword(s):  
Cytological Study ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Age At Maturity ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Muscle Lactate ◽  
Early Maturing ◽  
Catostomus Catostomus ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenases ◽  
Longnose Sucker

White (Catostomus commersoni) and longnose (C. catostomus) suckers possess diploid complements of 98 chromosomes, including metacentrics, submetacentrics, and acrocentrics. White sucker karyotypes differ consistently from longnose karyotypes by the presence of an additional four metacentrics. The karyotypes of the size and age at maturity of variants of white suckers were indistinguishable. Biochemically, longnose and white suckers are distinctive with respect to muscle myogens, hemoglobins, serum esterases, serum and muscle lactate dehydrogenases, and serum transferrins. The last group of proteins provides a clear genetic separation of the large-sized, late-maturing, and the dwarf, early-maturing white suckers. The former is polymorphic for serum transferrins.

Late Pleistocene fish fossils of Coregonus, Stenodus, Thymallus, Catostomus, Lota, and Cottus from the Old Crow basin, northern Yukon, Canada

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 1740-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Cumbaa ◽  
Don E. McAllister ◽  
Richard E. Morlan
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Glacial Refugia ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Grayling ◽  
Thymallus Arcticus ◽  
Freshwater Sculpin ◽  
Longnose Sucker ◽  
First Time

Fossils of the broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus; the inconnu, Stenodus leucichthys; the longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus; and the burbot, Lota lota, are reported for the first time from North America and a freshwater sculpin, Cottus, for the first time from Yukon Territory. The known fossil occurrence of the Arctic grayling, Thymallus arcticus, in North America is extended from 32 000 to about 60 000 years BP. These six fossils represent about one sixth of the present-day Yukon freshwater ichthyofauna of 35 species.These fossils provide a major test for the method of determining glacial refugia based on geographic variation of morphological or protein characters. They confirm that these taxa were present prior to and presumably survived the Wisconsinan glaciation in a Beringian refugium.The occurrence of these fossils, all subarctic or subarctic–boreal species known at present in the same area, does not suggest a paleoenvironment greatly different from the present one.

scholarly journals Influences of the Longnose Sucker on the Early Life Stages of Cutthroat Trout in Tributaries of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
George Baxter ◽  
Richard Swanson
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
Early Life ◽  
National Park ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Cutthroat Trout ◽  
Early Life Stage ◽  
Yellowstone Lake ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
Longnose Sucker

The purpose of this study was to determine what, if any, influences the longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) have upon the cutthroat trout (Salmo clarkii) population in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, with special reference to early life stage interactions. The specific objective of this investigation was to determine if the introduced sucker was having a deleterious effect upon the growth and survival of indigenous trout fry. Cutthroat trout and longnose suckers use tributaries of Yellowstone Lake as spawning areas and the potential for intraspecific competition between fry of both species is considerable. The maintenance of an ecologically sound population of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Park is a prerequisite to the National Park Service policy of maintalning native flora and fauna in national parks.

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