Biology:Hypentelium
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Hypentelium | |
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| Northern hogsucker, H. nigricans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Tribe: | Thoburniinae |
| Genus: | Hypentelium Rafinesque, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Exoglossum macropterum Rafinesque, 1818
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Hypentelium is a genus of suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species of them.
Species
- Hypentelium etowanum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama hog sucker)
- Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) (Northern hog sucker)
- Hypentelium roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947 (Roanoke hog sucker)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hypentelium in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5957481 entry
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