Quillback
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit pools, backwaters and main channels of creeks and small to large rivers . Also found in lakes. Oviparous . They feed on bottom ooze and benthic invertebrates , including insects, mollusks and crustaceans, along with plant detritus and sand .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Quillback is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous . Breed in streams and ponds with rapid flow, on sand and gravel, or in weedy places . One female may mate with several males .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous . Temperate; 54°N - 30°N North America: Great Lakes-St.
🌿 Ecology
bottom ooze and benthic invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Quillback is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Detailed nutritional data for Quillback is currently being compiled from USDA FoodData Central.
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Quillback has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔬 Full Nutritional Profile
Per 100g - Raw, per 100g - Source: USDA FoodData Central templates (generic fish average)
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Lake Quillback · Quillback · quillback carpsucker · Silver Carp |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | شبوط ماص راجع الريشة |
| 🌍CES | kaprovec dlouhoploutvý |
| 🇫🇷French | couette |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Карпиодес карповидный |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpiodes cutisanserinus | Cope | 1870 | Synonym |
| Carpiodes cyprinus cyprinus | - | - | Synonym |
| Carpiodes cyprinus forbesi | Hubbs | 1930 | Synonym |
| Carpiodes cyprinus hinei | Trautman | 1956 | Synonym |
| Carpiodes forbesi | Hubbs | 1930 | Synonym |
| Carpiodes thompsoni | Agassiz | 1855 | Synonym |
| Carpiodes vacca | Agassiz | 1854 | Synonym |
| Carpoides cyprinus | Lesueur | 1817 | Synonym |
| Catostomus cyprinus | Lesueur | 1817 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 176 records indexed .
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