| 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 Gill, 1861 |
| 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
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cycleptus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cycleptus elongatus". FishBase. November 2005 version.
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| Cycleptus | |
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