Cycleptus
Appearance
Cycleptus | |
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Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Subfamily: | Cycleptinae |
Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819 |
Type species | |
Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819
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Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species[1] of suckers. They are endemic to river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, Rio Grande and others in the United States and Mexico.
Species
[edit]- Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
- Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cycleptus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cycleptus elongatus". Fishbase. November 2005 version.