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Common Suckers
Catostomus
Catostomus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers. Most members of the genus are native to North America, but C. catostomus is also found in Russia.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species

White Sucker
speciesCatostomus commersonii

Longnose Sucker
speciesCatostomus catostomus

Sacramento Sucker
speciesCatostomus occidentalis

Largescale Sucker
speciesCatostomus macrocheilus

Utah Sucker
speciesCatostomus ardens

Sonora Sucker
speciesCatostomus insignis

Bridgelip Sucker
speciesCatostomus columbianus

Tyee Sucker
speciesCatostomus tsiltcoosensis

Flannelmouth Sucker
speciesCatostomus latipinnis

Tahoe sucker
speciesCatostomus tahoensis

Owens Sucker
speciesCatostomus fumeiventris

Klamath Smallscale Sucker
speciesCatostomus rimiculus

Summer Sucker
speciesCatostomus utawana

Yaqui Sucker
speciesCatostomus bernardini

Warner Sucker
speciesCatostomus warnerensis
Wall Canyon Sucker
speciesCatostomus murivallis

Modoc Sucker
speciesCatostomus microps

Klamath Largescale Sucker
speciesCatostomus snyderi

White × Flannelmouth Sucker
hybridCatostomus commersonii × latipinnis

Opata Sucker
speciesCatostomus wigginsi

Longnose × White Sucker
hybridCatostomus catostomus × commersonii

Siberian Sucker
speciesCatostomus rostratus

Conchos Sucker
speciesCatostomus conchos
Fleshylip Sucker
speciesCatostomus leopoldi
Cahita Sucker
speciesCatostomus cahita
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67614.