Thursday, November 10, 2011

Roanoke Hogsucker

Comment:  Keep the uranium ban, uranium mining will kill this poor little fish!

Roanoke Hogsucker

Scientific Name: Hypentelium roanokense
Status: State Rare

The Roanoke hogsucker is similar to the Northern hogsucker but is endemic (found nowhere else in the world) to the Dan River basin. This sucker can grow up to 6 inches long and uses its unique mouth and body shape to hug rocks in the bottom of the river.

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Fish/RoanokeHogsucker.aspx