Blackfin sucker
| Blackfin sucker | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Thoburnia |
| Species: | T. atripinnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thoburnia atripinnis (R. M. Bailey, 1959) | |
The blackfin sucker (Thoburnia atripinnis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family. It is found only in the United States in the headwaters of the Barren River system in south central Kentucky.
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Moxostoma atripinne. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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