Hypentelium

Hypentelium
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

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.