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Catostomus catostomus

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae

Taxonomy
Cyprinus catostomus was named by Forster (1773). It is extant. It is the type species of Catostomus.

It was recombined as Catostomus catostomus by Hay (1902) and Wilson (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. commersonii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1773Cyprinus catostomus Forster
1902Catostomus catostomus Hay p. 394
1967Catostomus catostomus Wilson p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCatostomidae
genusCatostomus
speciescatostomus(Forster 1773)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Catostomus catostomus Forster 1773
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Catostomus catostomus (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Catostomus catostomus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Catostomus catostomus (228921)