Hypentelium
Hypentelium | |
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Northern hogsucker, H. nigricans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Hypentelium Rafinesque, 1818 |
Type species | |
Exoglossum macropterum Rafinesque, 1818
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Hypentelium is a fancy word for suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species of these
Species[]
- Hypentelium etowanum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama hog sucker)
- Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) (Northern hog sucker)
- Hypentelium roanokense & , 1947 (Roanoke hog sucker)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hypentelium in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Categories:
- Catostomidae
- Fish of North America
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Cypriniformes stubs