Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species[1] 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.
| Cycleptus | |
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cycleptinae |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819
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Species edit
- Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
- Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cycleptus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Cycleptus elongatus" in FishBase. November 2005 version.