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Catostomus
White sucker, Catostomus commersonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cobitoidea
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Catostomus
Lesueur, 1817
Species

See text. The white sucker, Catostomus commersonii, is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish inhabiting North America from Labrador in the north to Georgia The white sucker, Catostomus commersonii, is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish inhabiting North America from Labrador in the north to Georgia Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the Carps Minnows Loaches and relatives Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. Charles Alexandre Lesueur ( January 1, 1778 - December 12, 1846) was a French naturalist, Artist and

Catostomus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes.

Species

FishBase lists 28 species:

References


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