Lake Chubsucker Lake Chubsucker’s range is drainages along the
Gulf and Atlantic coasts from eastern Texas, to Virginia and the
Mississippi drainages. These smallish suckers, generally less
than a foot, prefer clear lakes and slow moving rivers. They do
best in waters with soft bottom, dense aquatic vegetation, and
organic debris. Live expectancy is about eight years. Lake
Chubsuckers are dark greenish or brownish colors on the back,
fading down the sides to a silvery white belly. Scale margins
have a black outline producing a cross-hatched appearance on the
sides. Young fish have a black horizontal that becomes faint or
absent in large individuals. Body is moderately deep and as with
most suckers, the mouth is subterminal. Chubsuckers spawn when
temperatures get in the upper sixties. Spawning takes place in
small tributary streams. Females deposit upwards of 20,000 eggs.
Eggs are adhesive, setting to the bottom where they attach t
submerged items. They hatch in less than a week. Lake
Chubsuckers are bottom f