Catostomidae

Thoburnia rhothoeca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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
Subfamiliae: Catostominae – Cycleptinae – Ictiobinae – Myxocyprininae
Genera incertae sedis: †Amyzon – †Plesiomyxocyprinus – †Vasnetzovia – †Wilsonium

Name

Catostomidae Agassiz, 1855

References

Primary references

• Agassiz, L.; 1855: Art. XII. Synopsis of the ichthyological fauna of the Pacific slope of North America, chiefly from the collections made by the U. S. Expl. Exped. under the command of Captain C. Wilkes, with recent additions and comparisons with eastern types. American Journal of Science and Arts, (Series 2) 19 (55): 71–99. BHL

Additional references

• Bagley, J.C., R.L. Mayden, & P.M. Harris. 2018. Phylogeny and divergence times of suckers (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) inferred from Bayesian total-evidence analyses of molecules, morphology, and fossils. PeerJ 6:e5168; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5168.
• 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. 
• Liu, J. & Chang, M.-M. 2009. A new Eocene catostomid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from northeastern China and early divergence of Catostomidae (in en). Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 52(2): 189–202. doi:10.1007/s11430-009-0022-2. ISSN 1862-2801.  Reference page. 
• Liu, J.; Wilson, M.V.H.; Murray, A.M. 2016. A new catostomid fish (Ostariophysi, Cypriniformes) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation and remarks on the North American species of †Amyzon Cope, 1872". (in en). Journal of Paleontology 90(2): 288–304. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.28. ISSN 0022-3360. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-catostomid-fish-ostariophysi-cypriniformes-from-the-eocene-kishenehn-formation-and-remarks-on-the-north-american-species-of-amyzon-cope-1872/9864C62EC770FCF12373C2679582FFD7. Reference page. 
• Liu, Juan 2021. Redescription of 'Amyzon' brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(9): 677–689. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966. ISSN 1477-2019.  Reference page. 

Links

• Catostomidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Catostomidae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Genera of Catostomidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• 中文: 亚口鱼科