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Cycleptus
Sign in to saveCycleptus 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.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Cycleptus, and connects out to Animalia, Mississippi River and species.
It sits within the topics Catostomidae, Cycleptus and Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCatostomidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Collections
- MSB, UA, TNHC, TU, UF, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Catostomidae
- Image
- Blue Sucker.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cycleptus
- taxon name
- Cycleptus
- Commons category
- Cycleptus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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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)
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