Catostomus 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
Subenus: Catostomus
Species: Catostomus catostomus

Name

Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)

Syntypes: BMNH 2004.2.2.13 (1, poor condition).

Type locality: Severn River, tributary to Hudson Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology: cato- (= inferior); stoma (= mouth), referring to its ventral position compared to terminal mouth of Cyprinus carpio. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Cyprinus catostomus Forster, 1773

References

Forster, J.R. 1773. An account of some curious fishes, sent from Hudson's Bay; by Mr. John Reinhold Forster, F.R.S. in a letter to Thomas Pennant, Esq., F.R.S. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 63: 149–160, Pl. 6. DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1773.0018 Reference page.
Langille, B.L., Perry, R., Keefe, D., Barker, O. & Marshall, H.D. 2016. Mitochondrial population structure and post-glacial dispersal of longnose sucker Catostomus catostomus in Labrador, Canada: evidence for multiple refugial origins and limited ongoing gene flow. Journal of Fish Biology, . DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13042 Reference page.

Links

Catostomus catostomus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Catostomus catostomus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Longnose Sucker

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