Biology:Cycleptus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cycleptus
Blue Sucker.jpg
Cycleptus elongatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Subfamily: Cycleptinae
Genus: Cycleptus
Rafinesque, 1819
Type species
Cycleptus nigrescens
Rafinesque, 1819

Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species of suckers. They are endemic to river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, Rio Grande and others in the United States and Mexico.

Species

  • Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
  • Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5198190 entry