Hypentelium
Hypentelium | |
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Northern hogsucker, H. nigricans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Hypentelium Rafinesque, 1818 |
Hypentelium is a genus of suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species in this genus.
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 Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Hypentelium in FishBase. August 2011 version.