Catostomus

Taxobox
name = "Catostomus"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = White sucker, "Catostomus commersonii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
subordo = Cobitoidea
familia = Catostomidae
genus = "Catostomus"
genus_authority = Lesueur, 1817
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Catostomus" is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers.

Species

FishBase lists 28 species:
* Utah sucker, "Catostomus ardens" Jordan & Gilbert, 1881.
* Yaqui sucker, "Catostomus bernardini" Girard, 1856.
* Cahita sucker, "Catostomus cahita" Siebert & Minckley, 1986.
* Longnose sucker, "Catostomus catostomus catostomus" (Forster, 1773).
* Jasper longnose sucker, "Catostomus catostomus lacustris" Bajkov, 1927.
* Desert sucker, "Catostomus clarkii" Baird & Girard, 1854.
* Bridgelip sucker, "Catostomus columbianus" (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893).
* White sucker, "Catostomus commersonii" (Lacépède, 1803).
* "Catostomus conchos" Meek, 1902.
* Bluehead sucker, "Catostomus discobolus discobolus" (Cope, 1871).
* Zuni bluehead sucker, "Catostomus discobolus yarrowi" (Cope, 1874).
* Owens sucker, "Catostomus fumeiventris" Miller, 1973.
* Sonora sucker, "Catostomus insignis" Baird & Girard, 1854.
* Flannelmouth sucker, "Catostomus latipinnis" Baird & Girard, 1853.
* Bavispe sucker, "Catostomus leopoldi" Siebert & Minckley, 1986.
* Largescale sucker, "Catostomus macrocheilus" Girard, 1856.
* Modoc sucker, "Catostomus microps" Rutter, 1908.
* Nazas sucker, "Catostomus nebuliferus" Garman, 1881.
* Goose lake sucker, "Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus" Fowler, 1913.
* Sacramento sucker, "Catostomus occidentalis occidentalis" Ayres, 1854.
* Mountain sucker, "Catostomus platyrhynchus" (Cope, 1874).
* Rio Grande sucker, "Catostomus plebeius" Baird & Girard, 1854.
* Jenny creek sucker, "Catostomus rimiculus" Gilbert & Snyder, 1898.
* Santa Ana sucker, "Catostomus santaanae" (Snyder, 1908).
* Klamath largescale sucker, "Catostomus snyderi" Gilbert, 1898.
* Tahoe sucker, "Catostomus tahoensis" Gill & Jordan, 1878.
* Warner sucker, "Catostomus warnerensis" Snyder, 1908.
* Opata sucker, "Catostomus wigginsi" Herre & Brock, 1936.

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