Is this just a huge sucker, or is there a name for it?

Looks like a redhorse sucker, Doug.

Agree, its a redhorse...and a very big one...Great eating if you know how to cook the bones out of them.

Yeah, I think it's a Redhorse. What a nice fish! I am quite jealous.

I catch them often trout fishing Neversink River in orange county ny....They give a good fight nice fish

is that different from a common carp?

is that different from a common carp?

Yes.

http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Catostomidae/suckers.html

http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Cyprinidae/common_carp.html