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title: "Northern Hog Sucker"
description: "Hypentelium nigricans — Peixes. The northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/northern-hog-sucker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Hog Sucker

> Hypentelium nigricans — Peixes. The northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.

- Scientific name: *Hypentelium nigricans*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 3731
- Wikidata: [Q3764682](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3764682)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58659](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58659)

## Names

- en: Northern Hog Sucker
- de: Nördlicher Schweinssauger
- es: Matalote norteño
- fr: Meunier à tête carrée

## Countries with the most observations

US (3387), CA (172)

## Summary

The northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) is a freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers. It is native to the United States and Canada where it is found in streams and rivers.  It prefers clear, fast-flowing water, where it can forage on the riverbed for crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic insects, algae and detritus. It turns over small pebbles and scrapes materials off rocks and sucks up the particles, and other species of fish sometimes station themselves downstream from its activities. Breeding takes place on gravel bottoms in shallow riffles in late spring. This fish is susceptible…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_hogsucker

## Photo

![Northern Hog Sucker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-hog-sucker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388469324

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-hog-sucker?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).