BUFFALO BLACK (Ictiobus niger)

Brent McGlone, a passionate bowfisherman caught a new Ohio record fish by landing a black buffalo that weighed 40,8 lbs - 18.48 kg.

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The black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is a member of the Catostomidae or "sucker" family. The black buffalo is found in: the Mississippi Basin and southern Great Lakes, very rarely in Rio Grande and in Canada Lake Erie. The Tennessee distribution of this fish ranges from rivers and streams in the Cumberland Mountains.

DISTRIBUTION:	North America
MAX SIZE:	55 lb / 25 kg
MAX LENGTH:	47 inch / 120 cm
MAX AGE:	Aprox 30 years
ENVIRONMENT:	Freshwater