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description: Largest member of the sucker family, deep-bodied and laterally compressed. Long dorsal fin like other suckers but has a large oblique terminal mouth with thin sucker lips. No barbells or spines. they are an greenish-gray color, their tails are darker than the rest of their bodys
habitat and location:It is native to the Red River of the North and Mississippi River drainage basins, from Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, United States, to the Ohio River and south in the Mississippi River system to Texas and Alabama.
A demersal fish living near the lake bottom, Bigmouth Buffalo Inhabits main channels, pools, and backwaters of small to large rivers as well as lakes and impoundments, This fish is well-adapted to reservoirs, preferring slow water and tolerant of turbidity, low oxygen and high temperatures.
Food;The bigmouth mostly eats zooplankton, but also benthic insect larvae, crustaceans and detritus. the main thing they eat is zooplankton they are bottom feeders.
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