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Document Type
Research
Abstract
An age and growth study was made of 705 quillback, Carpiodes cyprinus, and 399 highfin carpsuckers, C. velifer, taken from the Des Moines River, Boone County, Iowa, from June 1 to August 24, 1960. The length-weight relationship, body-scale relationship and coefficient of condition of these two species are very similar, but the quillback is a larger and faster growing fish. Difficulty was encountered in distinguishing young quillbacks and highfins from the young of the other two species of carpsuckers found in the river.
Publication Date
1961
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
68
Issue
1
First Page
238
Last Page
246
Copyright
©1961 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Vanicek, David
(1961)
"Life History of the Quillback and Highfin Carpsuckers in the Des Moines River,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 68(1), 238-246.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol68/iss1/36