Catostomus (Catostomus) catostomus

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
Species: Catostomus (Catostomus) catostomus

Name

Catostomus (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

Vernacular names

English: Longnose Sucker

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

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