DESCRIPTION: Adult Santa Ana suckers average three inches in length and have dark-grey, blotchy backs with silvery-white undersides. Their large lips and small mouths enable them to suck algae and ...

The 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 ...

Adapted to the boom-and-bust flood cycles of Southern California's rivers, the Santa Ana sucker now finds itself smack in the middle of one of the most urbanized places in North America. With its ...