Cycleptus
| Cycleptus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819 |
Cycleptus is a small genus of suckers containing two North American species. They are endemic in the Mississippi River basin in the United States.
Species
- Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
- Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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
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