Southeastern Blue Sucker
Cycleptus meridionalis
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Catostomidae
Cycleptus est un genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Catostomidae (ordre des Cypriniformes).
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 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.)
Cycleptus meridionalis es una especie de peces de la familia Catostomidae en el orden de los Cypriniformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 59,3 cm de longitud total. Hábitat Es un pez de agua dulce y de clima subtropical.
Distribution
Sources and credits
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