Longnose sucker

Longnose sucker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Catostomus
Species:
C. catostomus
Binomial name
Catostomus catostomus
Subspecies
  • C. c. catostomus
  • C. c. cristatus Cope, 1883[2]
  • C. c. lacustris
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus catostomus Forster, 1773
  • Cyprinus rostratus Tilesius, 1813
  • Catostomus longirostrum Lesueur, 1817
  • Catostomus hudsonius Lesueur, 1817
  • Cyprinus hudsonius (Lesueur, 1817)
  • Catostomus communis Lesueur, 1817
  • Catostomus forsterianus Richardson, 1823
  • Catostomus aurora Agassiz, 1850
  • Catostomus griseus Girard, 1856
  • Catostomus nanomyzon Mather, 1886

The longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rivers of eastern Siberia, and this one of only two species of sucker native to Asia (the other is the Chinese Myxocyprinus asiaticus).

  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2021). "Catostomus catostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T62192A159616602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T62192A159616602.en. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ Bonnichsen, Bill; Breckenridge, Roy M. (1982). Cenozoic Geology of Idaho. Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Mines and Geology.