Chasmistes
| Chasmistes | |
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| Shortnose sucker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Chasmistes D. S. Jordan, 1878 |
Chasmistes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family.[1]
They are native to freshwater habitats in the Western United States.
Several species are seriously threatened and one became extinct in recent history (a second extinct species is only known from fossils).[2]
Species
The Chasmistes genus contains these species:
- Chasmistes brevirostris Cope, 1879 — shortnose sucker
- Chasmistes cujus Cope, 1883 — cui-ui
- Chasmistes fecundus (Cope & Yarrow, 1875) — Webug sucker
- Chasmistes liorus D. S. Jordan, 1878 — June sucker
- Chasmistes liorus liorus D. S. Jordan, 1878
- Chasmistes liorus mictus R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1981
- †Chasmistes muriei R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1981 — Snake River sucker
- †Chasmistes spatulifer R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Chasmistes in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ↑ "Chasmistes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
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