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Document Type

Research

Abstract

Although the northern river carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio carpio (Rafmesque), is one of the more abundant species of fish in the Des Moines River, it is not a well known fish. Few laymen are acquainted with it. Precise information on its life history is limited, and its ecological role has not been determined. The river carpsucker is rarely utilized by commercial or sport fishermen and for this reason is usually classified as a rough fish. A few carpsuckers enter the commercial fishery of the Mississippi River (Barnickol and Starrett, 1951) . Some are taken by sport fishermen using extra small hooks and bits of doughball or bread for bait (Harlan and Speaker, 1956). This life history study is a step in determining the relationships of the carpsucker to the other fishes in the Des Moines River, which is essential to the best management of that fishery.

Publication Date

1957

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

64

Issue

1

First Page

589

Last Page

600

Copyright

©1957 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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