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Deltistes Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Delistes luxatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Catostominae
Genus:	Deltistes Seale, 1896
Type species
Chasmistes luxatus Cope, 1879
Species
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Deltistes is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.

Species

Deltistes contains one extant and two extinct species:

• †Deltistes ellipticus R. R, Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967
• Deltistes luxatus Cope, 1879 (Lost River sucker)
• †Deltistes owyhee R. R, Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967

References

1. 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.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Deltistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. Robert Rush Miller and Gerald R. Smith (1967). "New Fossil Fishes from Plio-Pleistocene Lake Idaho" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Zoology Museum University of Michigan (654): 1–24.

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