Biology:Snake River sucker
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Short description: Extinct species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Chasmistes |
| Species: | †C. muriei
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| †Chasmistes muriei R. R. Miller & G. R. Smith, 1981
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The Snake River sucker (Chasmistes muriei) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.
It was endemic to the Snake River below Jackson Lake Dam in Wyoming. It is now presumed to be an extinct species.
See also
References
- ↑ Noel M. Burkhead (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010". BioScience 62 (9): 801. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5.
- ↑ "Chasmistes muriei". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102450/Chasmistes_muriei.
Wikidata ☰ Q306071 entry
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