There are sixty-five species food in the fresh waters of China. Most of the suckers that occur in the North West ends at the Continental Divide. Six species of sucker are found in Idaho. Following is a brief discussion of each of these species. First, is the Utah Sucker, Catostomus ankna.
Body form is elongate, with cycloid scales and rounded anteriorly.
They have an inferior mouth, weak lips and are without lateral notches. They have a short broad head, with small eyes. Dorsal fin have eleven to thirteen rays with a short but broad caudal fin. They range in color from dark gray, to bronze to whitish with dark fins. The Utah Suckers native range is the basin of Old Lake Bonneville of Utah and Idaho.