• Characteristics - back is brownish-olive in color with silvery sides fading to whitish belly, scales large, nipple-like extension on lower lip
• Distribution - common from the Great Border rivers into the large interior rivers and most river impoundments in Iowa
• Foods - algae, protozoans, small crustaceans, aquatic insects, aquatic worms and mollusks

For more river carpsucker information, see our printable pdf (115K) or Iowa Fish & Fishing.