Family Catostomidae - Suckers
  Order
:
Catostomidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 13 | Species : 79 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : No
  Division
:
Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: China, northeast Siberia, North America. Pharyngeal teeth a single row with at least 16 teeth. Lips usually thick and fleshy with plicae or papillae. Premaxilla and maxilla usually bordering upper jaw. Exhibits tetraploidy. About 1 m maximum length, usually below 60 cm.
  Etymology
:
Greek, kata = down + Greek, stoma = mouth ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Cypriniphysae | Cypriniformes | Catostomoidei | | Catostomidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Catostomidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Catostominae
Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
acceptedseniornew
Cyprinus catostomus Forster, 1773
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Cyprinus castostomus Forster, 1773
synonymseniororiginal
Cyprinus rostratus Tilesius, 1813
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
! Catostomus longirostris Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus hudsonius Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyprinus hudsonius (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Catostomus communis Lesueur, 1817
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Catostomus forsterianus Richardson, 1823
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus aurora Agassiz, 1850
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus griseus Girard, 1856
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
acceptedseniornew
Cyprinus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Catostomus commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
! Catostomus commersoni (Lacepède, 1803)
synonymseniornew
Cyprinus teres Mitchill, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus teres (Mitchill, 1814)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus communis Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus richardsoni Harper & Nichols, 1919
synonymjuniororiginal
Cyprinus hudsonius (non Lesueur, 1817)
misappliedmisappliednew
! Catastomus hudsonius (non Lesueur, 1817)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Catostomus utawana (non Mather, 1886)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Catostomus latipinnis Baird & Girard, 1853
acceptedseniororiginal
! Catostomus latippinus Baird & Girard, 1853
synonymseniororiginal
Catostomus clarkii Baird & Girard, 1854
acceptedseniororiginal
Pantosteus clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1854)
synonymseniornew
! Catostomus clarki Baird & Girard, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Pantosteus intermedius (Tanner, 1942)
synonymjuniornew
Catostomus insignis Baird & Girard, 1854
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Catostomus plebeius Baird & Girard, 1854
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
synonymseniornew
! Minomus yarrowii Cope, 1874
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
! Minomus jarrovii Cope, 1874
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
ambiguousotheroriginal
synonymjuniornew
Pantosteus jordani Evermann, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal
Pantosteus columbianus (non Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Catostomus tahoensis Gill & Jordan, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus ardens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus utawana Mather, 1886
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus columbianus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893)
acceptedseniornew
Pantosteus columbianus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893
synonymseniororiginal
Catostomus catostomus columbianus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893)
synonymseniornew
Catostomus syncheilus Hubbs & Schultz, 1932
synonymjuniororiginal
Pantosteus jordani (non Evermann, 1895)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Catostomus rimiculus Gilbert & Snyder, 1898
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus snyderi Gilbert, 1898
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus tsiltcoosensis Evermann & Meek, 1898
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus microps Rutter, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus santaanae (Snyder, 1908)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus wigginsi Herre & Brock, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus cahita Siebert & Minckley, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus leopoldi Siebert & Minckley, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Catostomus bondi Smith, Stewart & Carpenter, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus nigricans Lesueur, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
! Hypentelium nigrecans (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Hypentelium etowanum (Jordan, 1877)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Hypentelium roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947
acceptedseniororiginal
Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus anisurus Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
! Catostomus duquesnii Lesueur, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
! Moxostoma duquesnii (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
! Moxotoma duquesneri (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
! Placopharynx duquesnii (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
! Moxotoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Catostomus aureolus Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Moxostoma aureolum (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus erythrurus Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
! Catostomus erythurus Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
! Moxotoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma congestum (Baird & Girard, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus congestus Baird & Girard, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Scartomyzon congestus (Baird & Girard, 1854)
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma albidum (Girard, 1856)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma cervinum (Cope, 1868)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma breviceps (Cope, 1870)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma collapsum (Cope, 1870)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma robustum (Cope, 1870)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma lacerum (Jordan & Brayton, 1877)
acceptedseniornew
Lagochila lacera Jordan & Brayton, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Myxostoma poecilura Jordan, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Myxostoma austrinum Bean, 1880
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Moxostoma rupiscartes Jordan & Jenkins, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Scartomyzon rupiscartes (Jordan & Jenkins, 1889)
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma mascotae Regan, 1907
acceptedseniororiginal
Moxostoma pisolabrum Trautman & Martin, 1951
acceptedseniorchange in rank
Moxostoma aureolum pisolabrum Trautman & Martin, 1951
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma hubbsi Legendre, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
Moxostoma ariommum Robins & Raney, 1956
acceptedseniororiginal
Scartomyzon ariommus (Robins & Raney, 1956)
synonymseniornew
Moxostoma lachneri Robins & Raney, 1956
acceptedseniororiginal
Scartomyzon lachneri (Robins & Raney, 1956)
synonymseniornew
Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill, 1814)
acceptedseniornew
Cyprinus oblongus Mitchill, 1814
synonymseniororiginal
Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepède, 1803)
acceptedseniornew
Cyprinus sucetta Lacepède, 1803
synonymseniororiginal
Erimyzon sucetta sucetta (Lacepède, 1803)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniornew
Moxostoma kennerlii Moxostoma Girard, 1856
synonymjuniororiginal
Erimyzon tenuis (Agassiz, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
Moxostoma tenue Agassiz, 1855
synonymseniororiginal
Erimyzon claviformis (Girard, 1856)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Chasmistes fecundus (Cope & Yarrow, 1875)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus fecundus Cope & Yarrow, 1875
synonymseniororiginal
Chasmistes liorus Jordan, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Chasmistes liorus mictus Miller & Smith, 1981
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Chasmistes cujus Cope, 1883
acceptedseniororiginal
Chasmistes muriei Miller & Smith, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus melanops Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Xyrauchen texanus (Abbott, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus texanus Abbott, 1860
synonymseniororiginal
Deltistes luxatus (Cope, 1879)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Catostomus luxatus (Cope, 1879)
synonymseniornew
Thoburnia rhothoeca (Thoburn, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus rhothoecus Thoburn, 1896
synonymseniororiginal
Moxostoma rhothoecum (Thoburn, 1896)
synonymseniornew
Thoburnia hamiltoni Raney & Lachner, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Moxostoma hamiltoni (Raney & Lachner, 1946)
synonymseniornew
Thoburnia atripinnis (Bailey, 1959)
acceptedseniornew
Moxostoma atripinne Bailey, 1959
synonymseniororiginal
Cycleptinae
Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus elongatus Lesueur, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
! Cyclepterus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999
acceptedseniororiginal
Cycleptus elongatus (non Lesueur, 1817)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ictiobinae
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus bubalus Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque, 1819)
acceptedseniornew
Amblodon niger Rafinesque, 1819
synonymseniororiginal
Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)
acceptedseniornew
! Sclerognathus cyprinella Valenciennes, 1844
synonymseniororiginal
! Ictiobus cyprinella (Valenciennes, 1844)
synonymseniornew
Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther, 1868)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ictiobus labiosus (Meek, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus cyprinus Lesueur, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
! Carpoides cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus carpio Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Catostomus velifer Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Myxocyprininae
Myxocyprinus asiaticus (Bleeker, 1864)
acceptedseniornew
Carpiodes asiaticus Bleeker, 1864
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
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