Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species[3] 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.
| Cycleptus | |
|---|---|
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cycleptinae Gill, 1861[1] |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819[2] |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819[2] | |
Species
edit- Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
- Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References
edit- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cycleptus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cycleptus elongatus". FishBase. November 2005 version.