Biology:Cycleptus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Cycleptus | |
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cycleptinae |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819
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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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cycleptus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Cycleptus elongatus" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
- NatureServe - Cycleptus elongatus
Wikidata ☰ Q5198190 entry
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