Catostomus
| Catostomus | |
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| Catostomus clarkii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cobitoidea |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Catostomus Lesueur, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus catostomus J. R. Forster, 1773 | |
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Catostomus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers. Most members of the genus are native to North America, but C. catostomus is also found in Russia.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Catostomus ardens D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Utah sucker)
- Catostomus bernardini Girard, 1856 (Yaqui sucker)
- Catostomus bondi G. R. Smith, J. D. Stewart & N. E. Carpenter, 2013[2]
- Catostomus cahita Siebert & W. L. Minckley, 1986 (Cahita sucker)
- Catostomus catostomus (J. R. Forster, 1773)
- Catostomus catostomus catostomus (J. R. Forster, 1773) (Longnose sucker)
- †Catostomus catostomus cristatus Cope, 1883
- Catostomus catostomus lacustris Bajkov, 1927 (Jasper longnose sucker)
- Catostomus clarkii S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 (Desert sucker)
- Catostomus columbianus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1893) (Bridgelip sucker)
- Catostomus commersonii (Lacépède, 1803) (White sucker)
- Catostomus conchos Meek, 1902
- Catostomus discobolus (Cope, 1871)
- Catostomus discobolus discobolus (Cope, 1871) (Bluehead sucker)
- Catostomus discobolus jarrovii (Cope, 1874) (Zuni bluehead sucker)
- Catostomus fumeiventris R. R. Miller, 1973 (Owens sucker)
- Catostomus insignis S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 (Sonora sucker)
- Catostomus latipinnis S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Flannelmouth sucker)
- Catostomus leopoldi Siebert & W. L. Minckley, 1986 (Bavispe sucker)
- Catostomus macrocheilus Girard, 1856 (Largescale sucker)
- Catostomus microps Rutter, 1908 (Modoc sucker)
- Catostomus nebuliferus Garman, 1881 (Nazas sucker)
- Catostomus occidentalis Ayres, 1854
- Catostomus platyrhynchus (Cope, 1874) (Mountain sucker)
- Catostomus plebeius S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 (Rio Grande sucker)
- Catostomus rimiculus C. H. Gilbert & Snyder, 1898 (Jenny creek sucker)
- Catostomus santaanae (Snyder, 1908) (Santa Ana sucker)
- Catostomus snyderi C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Klamath largescale sucker)
- Catostomus tahoensis T. N. Gill & D. S. Jordan, 1878 (Tahoe sucker)
- Catostomus tsiltcoosensis Evermann & Meek, 1898
- Catostomus utawana F. W. Mather, 1886 (Summer sucker)
- Catostomus warnerensis Snyder, 1908 (Warner sucker)
- Catostomus wigginsi Herre & Brock, 1936 (Opata sucker)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Catostomus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- 1 2 Smith, G.R., Stewart, J.D. & Carpenter, N.E. (2013): Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 743: 1-59.
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