WHAT IS IT????????????

[cichlid fiend]

I wouldn't eat it

 

[WattaMelon]

NOT a white sucker. Whiter suckers have smaller scales and they do not have a red tint to the fins, also they aren't as squat.... Its a river Redhorse
aka Northern Hogsucker

 

[JIM]

Sounds very convinceing, all that and cute too

 

[Bottomfeeder]

NORTHERN REDHORSE!

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

There is a waterfall stream near my house where you can grab suckers with your hands when it is fuller.

 

[andyjs]

Its a river Redhorse
aka Northern Hogsucker

Which one? Those are two entirely different species (different genera even).

I have to disagree with both of those.
It lacks the overall body pattern and color of the Northern Hogsucker, not to mention the different mouth shape:

and the scales become smaller near the head as one would expect in a white sucker. The caudal fin is not red enough to be one of the red-tailed redhorse species either. The red tinge is a common variation sometimes attributed to poor water quality as in this picture I found of a white sucker:

 

[le patron]

andyjs for the win

 

[MN_Rebel]

NORTHERN REDHORSE!

A northern redhorse do not existed. There are no northern redhorse swimming around in the world. Please buy a Peterson's Guide Field to Freshwater fishes and not make up names or random guesses.

 

[sp33dstix]

hehehe i have some funny geese stories....... just don't run at a flock of them thats on the ground

The friggin bite.. also don't walk around their nests.. they swoop into you and bite your arms...Bad idea.

 

[andyjs]

A northern redhorse do not existed. There are no northern redhorse swimming around in the world. Please buy a Peterson's Guide Field to Freshwater fishes and not make up names or random guesses.

"Northern redhorse" is an old common name for the shorthead redhorse, but that is definitely not the species this thread is about.