Sucker
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for members of the family Catostomidae, freshwater fish related to the minnow and catfish families and like them possessing an intricate set of bones forming a highly sensitive hearing apparatus.
Suckermouth Catfish: Pterygoplichthy multiradiatus
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BLOODSUCKER LIZARD, Calotes versicolor
Order: Sauria
Family: Agamidae (Approximately 30 Calotes species) ...
Sucker information
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Goatsucker Name given for a family of nocturnal birds of an order Goatsucker that includes, the frogmouth and the oil bird. They are medium-sized birds and are found it in temperate and tropical areas of both hemispheres.
White suckers spawn in the spring (May and June), migrating upstream to spawning areas (small streams and tributaries) when water temperatures are 10-18øC.
White Sucker Behaviour
No observations regarding White Sucker behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about White Suckers ...
White suckers spawn in shallow water or streams over a gravel bed in April and May. Usually two males gather with a single female. The female may release up to 100,000 eggs during the spawning process.
Food ...
Desert Sucker: (Catostomus [Pantosteus] clarki)
Description
Native to Arizona. Body sharply bi-colored, olive-brown above and deep-yellow below. Scales on upper half of body have dark spots forming faint dashed lines.
Hybrid Sapsucker Behaviour
No observations regarding Hybrid Sapsucker behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Hybrid Sapsuckers ...
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is the Rocky Mountain and Great Basin representative of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker complex.
Red-naped Sapsucker
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RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER FACTS ...
Red-naped Sapsucker is distinguished by having a red nape (back of the head). The Hairy Woodpecker has no red on the crown (front of the head) or throat and has blacker back.
Red-naped sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
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Length: 7.75? inches
Medium-sized woodpecker
Black head traversed by white postocular stripe extending down neck
Red forehead ...
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
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Where are they found? North America ...
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Fairly common throughout North Carolina in winter, sapsuckers nest only in the higher elevations of the Mountains. Sapsuckers are easy to identify -- look for the white stripe along the wing.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker breeds in Canada from the Rockies eastwards and in north-central, northeastern USA and down to the southern Appalachians.
The American Woodcock, which in New Brunswick is named the Bogsucker, is found dispersed in abundance during winter over the southern parts of the Union, and now and then, in warm and sequestered places, even in the Middle Districts.
Population Status Trends Williamson's Sapsucker populations declined throughout their range from 1982 to 1991, with particularly strong declines in the Pacific Northwest. Analysis of BBS data indicates a decreasing population trend.
Description – Kangting sucker frog
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus varius)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a migrant in wooded areas of the lab.
Similar to many woodpeckers, the red-naped sapsucker has the familiar black and white color scheme. It has a red crown and a patch of red on the back of its head. Adult males have red chins and throats. Fameles have white chins and reddish throats.
Not well known, but probably similar to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker's.
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Sucker-Footed Bat Hangs Upright Via Sweat, Not Suction
Despite its name, the sucker-footed bat of Madagascar actually uses "modified sweat" to cling to slick leaves, a new study says.
Extinct Walking Bat Found ...
No suckers, many tentactles, nine teeth: The nautilus is similar in general form to other cephalopods, with a prominent head and tentacles. Nautiluses typically have more tentacles than other cephalpods, up to ninety.
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Sphyrapicus varius Found: North America and Central America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Stephen Russel Smith Photos 3) Dick Daniels in Sandwich, New Hampshie
4, 5, 6) Dick in Ash,North Carolina
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SHARK SUCKER
The shark sucker or Remora (family Echeinidae) is a small fish that lives on and around sharks. They eat stray bits of food left by the shark and tiny shrimp-like parasites that live on the shark's skin.
Suckers State Status Federal Status (Listed)
Blue Sucker
Cycleptus elongatus
Threatened ...
Each sucker has a pair of cirri, which are thought to have some role in feeding, perhaps by creating currents of water that help bring food closer to the central beak.
Life History ...
The 19 sucker fish, endemic to Borneo, have enlarged fins that allow them to cling to rocks in fast-flowing water.
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Long arms and suckers on their feet
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Sea Slug
Also commonly known as a Sea Cucumber! ...
Widows (Goat Sucker Family): Chuck-will's Widow: USGS ... Birds of Nova Scotia ... eNature ... Audubon.org ... WildFlorida.org ... Avesphoto ... Secaribbirds ... Distribution Map in Texas ... Taxonomy ... Holoweb (nice photo and sound) ...
The View from Sapsucker Woods A surprising insight about chickadees at feeders by Cornell Lab of Ornithology director John Fitzpatrick
Distinguishing Chickadees: Refresh your chickadee identification skills.
Woodpecker and Sapsucker distribution maps
Owls
Birds
American Avocet
American Coot [en español]
American Crow [en español]
American Robin
American Wigeon
Anna's Hummingbird [en español]
Bald Eagle [en español] ...
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (scientific)
Male yellow-headed blackbirds will breed with multiple females in the same year.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Spring Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Greater Scaup
Spring Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Genus Sibon (snail suckers)
Genus Sibynomorphus (South American tree snakes)
Genus Sibynophis (many-tooth snakes) ...
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Flycatchers
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) ...
How big are their suckers and do their suckers have hooks?
The average diameter of the suckers on the arms of a giant squid is approximately 2.5 cm (1 in), although they can measure over 5 cm (2 in) in diameter.
A Slender Suckerfish at North Horn
A Slender Suckerfish attached to a Leopard Shark
A Slender Sunfish Ranzania laevis larva
A Slender Sunfish from the collection
A Slingjaw Wrasse at Redang Island, Malaysia ...
Some food species of eagles include bullhead fish (Ictalurus spp.), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), chain pickerel (Esox niger), sucker (Catostomus spp.), salmon (Oncorhyncus spp.), white perch (Morone americana), ...
Sea urchins have little tube feet with suckers on the end that they can use to move around. Their stomachs are on their underside and they have a hole on top that they use to get rid of waste. Most of their diet is made up of algae.
" It answers to a host of colorful nicknames, the most popular and amusing of which is "timberdoodle" though it is also known as bog sucker, mud snipe, wood snipe, Labrador twister, night partridge and Hokum Sake.
The leeches, all with their mouth parts centered in their forward suckers, comprise three kinds of carnivores. One kind - the "engulfer," which has no teeth or jaws - feeds on small invertebrates, swallowing prey whole.
Bornean Bloodsucker - Calotes cristellatus
Desert Agama - Agama mutabilis
Dwarf Bearded Dragon - Pogona minor
Egyptian Thorny-tailed Agama - Uromastyx aegyptius
Uromastyx aegyptius
Garden Tree Lizard or Indian Bloodsucker
- Calotes versicolor ...
When a jawed leech bites it holds the sucker in place by making its body rigid.
The most distinctive aspects of goby morphology are the fused pelvic fins that form a disc-shaped sucker.
The arms are lined with suckers. The skin is smooth and has special pigment cells that make it possible for the octopus to blend in with the surroundings.
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drills concentric rings of holes around tree trunks to drink sap. Vertical lines of holes indicate where sap was found. The Sapsucker returns many times to drink the sap and eat the insects it attracts.
Pileated Woodpecker
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Red Breasted Sapsucker
Red Headed Woodpecker
Strickland's Woodpecker
Three Toed Woodpecker
White Headed Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker ...
A tapeworm has hooks and suckers on its head segment with which it adheres to the intestinal lining.
Despite the fact that a tapeworm pierces and prods the intestinal lining with these holdfasts, it actually does very little damage.
Flathead catfish are caught on live bait, such as large suckers, chubs and bluegills. Anglers should use heavy tackle and cast near large submerged objects or drift piles. Fishing at night is often a successful technique for flathead catfish.
The squid has two fins, a mantle, and a head that bears 8 arms and two tentacles, each covered with suckers, which are armed with hooks or sucker rings.
The mouth of the squid is equipped with a sharp horny beak made of chitin.
Fun Facts ...
There is a campground among the trees, and in short order we were thrilled to see Red-breasted Sapsucker, White-Headed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, and Williamson's Sapsucker, all within a 100 yard radius. Amazing! ...
They are avid plant juice suckers. A portion of their digestive systems serves as a filter chamber that processes large volumes of plant sap.
The nautilus has more than ninety suckerless tentacles. Grooves and ridges on the tentacles are used to grip prey and deliver food to a crushing, parrot-like beak.
Summer Hummingbirds at Keystone Resort in Summit County, Colorado
Why a Sapsucker may be a Hummingbird's Best Friend
The Great Horned Owl, Most Widespread Owl in the Americas
Identifying Calliope Hummingbirds ...
Species found in the Pine Barrens and elsewhere in New Jersey are American Eel, Bluespotted Sunfish, Eastern Mudminnow, Redfin Pickerel, Chain Pickerel, Creek Chubsucker and Tadpole Madtom.
Typically mottled with grayish scars left by parasites, squid "sucker marks," and scratches incurred in intraspecific fighting. Males have a single large tooth at the midpoint of each side of the mandible.
 See also: Catfish, Perch, Sapsucker, Sunfish, Trout
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