Their large lips and small mouths enable them to suck algae and invertebrates from river bottoms. HABITAT: Santa Ana suckers live in the shallow portions of rivers and streams. These fish exist in ...

T he Plecostomus is often known as the “janitor fish” thanks to its sucker-like mouth that will eagerly hoover up algae and practically anything else that gets within its reach. Whereas they ...

The algae destroyed critical habitat and left juvenile fish vulnerable to attack from bigger fish. Those two species of ...

“These remarkable Goose Lake fish have adapted to a challenging environment ... living only in the Goose Lake basin. Suckers feed mostly on algae and diatoms. Adults reach a little over 1 foot in ...