Snake River sucker
| Snake River sucker | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Chasmistes |
| Species: | †C. muriei
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Chasmistes muriei R. R. Miller & , 1981
| |
The Snake River sucker (Chasmistes muriei) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.
It was endemic to the Snake River below Jackson Lake Dam in Wyoming. It is now presumed to be an extinct species.
See also[]
- Fish extinctions since 1500
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
References[]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Chasmistes muriei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T4589A3004173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T4589A3004173.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links[]
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Chasmistes muriei. |
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Catostomidae
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Natural history of Wyoming
- Snake River
- Fish described in 1981
- Fish of North America becoming extinct since 1500
- Cypriniformes stubs