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Reclamation's management of the river pits salmon and the Yurok and Karuk tribes that protect them in the lower Klamath basin against suckerfish and the Klamath Tribes that protect them in the upper basin.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2023

On Friday, he drove about 20 miles upstream, where he made the grim discovery: thousands of dead suckerfish, salmon and trout, many floating belly up.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

He said when Depp was inebriated, he would also “insult his fans” and call them “remoras,” also known as suckerfish.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2022

But water spews from the hot springs on Ron Barnes’ land near the California-Oregon border, pure and perfect for rearing c’waam and koptu, two kinds of endangered suckerfish sacred to Native American tribes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2021

But our suckerfish would effect their capture with extraordinary certainty and precision.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.