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Carpsucker

Highfin - The highfin carpsucker is named for its elongate anterior dorsal fin rays, which when depressed are almost as long as the dorsal fin base.

Quillback - The quillback is a carpsucker that lacks a nipple-shaped projection on the front of the lower lip, and the rear edge of the mouth fails to reach the anterior edge of the eye.

River - The river carpsucker is the largest carpsucker species in Alabama; on river carpsuckers, the anterior dorsal fin rays are only about half as long as the dorsal fin base.

quillback carpsucker
Quillback Carpsucker, One of Three Carpsuckers in Alabama

Highfin

Quillback

River