• Characteristics - slender, fine-scaled sucker; tinted dark greenish along back; sides with brassy or silvery luster; white belly, lips with numerous wart-like projections
• Distribution - statewide, mostly in small rivers and streams
• Foods - variety of bottom organisms; growth up to 18.5 inches at ten years of age, most fish much smaller
• State Record - not recorded
• Expert's Tip - most white suckers are caught accidentally by anglers fishing with worms on the bottom of streams

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