Sonora sucker

Sonora sucker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Catostomus
Species:
C. insignis
Binomial name
Catostomus insignis

The Sonora Sucker (or Gila Sucker),[2] Catostomus insignis, is a medium-sized catostomid fish with 16 other species in the genus scattered throughout North America. This species is remarkably similar in appearance to the Yaqui Sucker (C. bernardini).

  1. ^ NatureServe.; Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Catostomus insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191236A129657033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191236A129657033.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Catostomus insignis" (PDF). Arizona Game and Fish Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017.