Cycleptus
| Cycleptus | |
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Gill, 1861[2] |
| Genus: | Rafinesque, 1819[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819[1]
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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.
Species
- Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
- Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cycleptus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cycleptus elongatus". FishBase. November 2005 version.