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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. This species was listed as a Federal Candidate Category 2 species. Desert sucker are restricted to the Virgin River Basin. Large amounts of sand and silt occasionally found in the gut suggest that it also feeds in the interstitial sediment of rubble-boulder substrates.