Catostomus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo:Catostomoidei

Familia: Catostomidae
Subfamilia: Catostominae
Genus: Catostomus
Subgenera: C. (Catostomus) – C. (Chasmistes) – C. (Deltistes) – C. (Xyrauchen)

Name

Catostomus Lesueur, 1817

Type species: Cyprinus catostomus Forster, 1773

Synonymy

Chasmistes Jordan, 1878
Deltistes Seale, 1896
Xyrauchen Eigenmann & Kirsch in Kirsch, 1889

References

Lesueur, C.A. 1817. A new genus of fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of Catostomus; and the characters of this genus, with those of its species, indicated. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1(1), 5/6: 88–96 (6 pls.), 102–111 (3 pls.) BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. & Yarrow, H.C. 1875. Report upon the collections of fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Engineer Department, United States Army, Report upon the Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys west of the one hundredth Meridian, 5 (Zoology) Chapter 6: 635–703, Pls. 26–32.
Jordan, D.S. 1878. A catalogue of fishes of the fresh waters of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2, 18): 407–442.
Kirsch, P.H. 1889. Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the Gila River, at Fort Thomas, Arizona, by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, U. S. Army. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(754): 555–558. BHL Reference page.
Seale, A. 1896. Notes on Deltistes, a new genus of catostomoid fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 6: 269. BHL
Miller, R.R. & Smith, G.R. 1967. New fossil fishes from Plio-Pleistocene Lake Idaho. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (654)
Miller, R.R. & Smith, G.R. 1981. Distribution and evolution of Chasmistes (Pisces: Catostomidae) in western North America. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (696)
Chen, W.-J. & Mayden, R.L. 2012. Phylogeny of suckers (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Catostomidae): further evidence of relationships provided by the single-copy nuclear gene IRBP2. Zootaxa 3586: 195–210. Preview PDF Reference page.
Smith, G.R., Stewart, J.D. & Carpenter, N.E. 2013. Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 743: 1–59.

Links

Catostomus – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).