The bigmouth buffalo is a fish native to North America, and the largest species in the Catostomidae, or sucker, family. It is one of the longest-lived and latest-maturing freshwater fishes, capable of living 148 years and reproducing infrequently, and shows no age-related decline even at a century old. It is also known as the marblehead, redmouth buffalo, buffalofish, bernard buffalo, or roundhead, and despite the resemblance it is not a carp, nor is any other member of its family. The species is currently in decline. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Bigmouth buffalo (Wikidata)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Belarus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Israel, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Lithuania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Panama, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Romania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
Sources
1. Bigmouth buffalo (Wikipedia)
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
It is one of the longest-lived and latest-maturing freshwater fishes, capable of living 148 years and reproducing infrequently, and shows no age-related decline even at a century old.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 386236
Unregulated, unmanaged and wasteful lethal fisheries are not compatible with their biology, yet such fisheries have come to exist in the 21st century in the United States and the species is declining.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
- In Biome: River, Wikipedia intro: "ft (1.2 m) and 80 lb (36 kg) in weight. Generally it lives in lakes, or in sluggish areas of large rivers. Bigmouth buffalo populations have been in decline in..."
View the Source2. Bigmouth buffalo (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q140999 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Cypriniformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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