This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A fish of the carp family, many kinds of which are found in the rivers and lakes of the United States. It has no teeth, its lips being formed for sucking. It is found in the rivers in early spring, and is caught in dip-nets. The buffalo sucker of the Mississippi is sometimes more than a yard long.
 
Continue to: