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Bigmouth buffalo
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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.
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