Many accounts are incomplete although new information is being added continuously.
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Users are cautioned to refer back to the original cited source to assess completeness and correctness before using the information. Web updates are intermittent, not continuous, therefore some dynamic information such as legal status may not be absolutely current. Little information was available to accurately describe its status in the Canadian River in New Mexico. The suckermouth minnow is found throughout the northern and central Mississippi River basin and a few Gulf slope drainages in Texas and western Louisiana. While early collection records do not clearly portray the natural distribution of the suckermouth minnow in New Mexico, this species is believed to have been more common within its native range in the state prior to the 1870s.