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: | 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 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)
- & , 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cycleptus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Cycleptus elongatus" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
- NatureServe - Cycleptus elongatus
Categories:
- Catostomidae
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Cypriniformes stubs