Chasmistes

Chasmistes
Chasmistes
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. It contains the following 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 muriei R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1981 (Snake River sucker)
  • fossil species: †Chasmistes spatulifer R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967

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