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Catostomus

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Catostomidae — the suckers.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek κατά (kata, "down") + στόμα (stoma, "mouth")

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Examples

  • What we were catching is actually called a white sucker, scientific name Catostomus commersonii.

    The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio Home Page 2010

  • They have many host species including the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, and the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Rivers and streams of the Klamath-Siskiyou region support a distinctive fish fauna, including nine species of native salmonids (salmon and trout), and several endemic or near-endemic species such as the tui chub (Gila bicolor), the Klamath small-scale sucker (Catostomus rimiculus), and the coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus).

    Klamath-Siskiyou forests 2008

  • The species, along with other native Colorado River fishes including the bonytail (Gila elegans), squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius), and perhaps the flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis), may not survive to the end of this century.

    Colorado Plateau shrublands 2007

  • Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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