Catostòmids

miniatura|Catostomus catostomus miniatura|Catostomus commersoni miniatura|Chasmistes brevirostris miniatura|Erimyzon sucetta miniatura|Ictiobus niger miniatura|Thoburnia rhothoeca miniatura|Hypentelium nigricans Els catostòmids (Catostomidae) són una família de peixos teleostis d'aigua dolça pertanyent a l'ordre dels cipriniformes.The Taxonomicon

Descripció La majoria de les seues espècies no superen els 60 cm de llargada, però les espècies més grosses poden mesurar 1 m. La boca està situada davall del cap i presenta llavis prims i molsuts. Es distingeixen d'altres famílies properes gràcies a un os llarg faringi a la gargamella, el qual conté una simple filera de dents.Banister, Keith F., 1998. Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pàg. 100.

Alimentació Mengen detritus, crustacis, cucs, insectes de la superfície i peixets.

Distribució geogràfica Viuen a Nord-amèrica,Etnier, D. A. i W. C. Starnes, 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville (Tennessee). xiv + 681 pp. el centre-est de la XinaHwang, H.C., P.C. Yueh i S.F. Yu, 1982. The freshwater fishes of China in colored illustrations. Vol. 1 Shanghai Sciences and Technology Press, Shanghai, la Xina. 173 p. i l'est de Sibèria.

Gèneres i espècies Amyzon † Carpiodes ( Rafinesque C. S., 1820. Ichthyologia Ohiensis (Part 6). Western Rev. Misc. Mag. v. 2 (núm. 5). 299-307. Carpiodes carpio ( Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A., 1817. A new genus of fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of Catostomus; and the characters of this genus, with those of its species, indicated. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 1, núms. 5/6): 88-96, 102-111. Carpiodes velifer ( Catostomus (Lesueur, 1817) Chasmistes (Jordan, 1878) Jordan, D. S., 1878. A catalogue of fishes of the fresh waters of North America. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. v. 4 (núm. 2, art. 18): 407-442. Chasmistes brevirostris (Cope, 1879)Cope, E. D., 1879. The fishes of the Klamath Lake, Oregon. Am. Nat. v. 13 (núm. 12): 784-785. Chasmistes cujus (Cope, 1883)Cope, E. D., 1883. On the fishes of the Recent and Pliocene lakes of the western part of the Great Basin, and of the Idaho Pliocene lake. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 35: 134-166, 1 map. Chasmistes fecundus (Cope & Yarrow, 1875)Cope, E. D. & H. C. Yarrow, 1875. Report upon the collections of fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. U. S. Geol. Surv. West 100. Meridian v. 5 (Zool.) Chapter 6: 635-703, Pls. 26-32. Chasmistes liorus (Jordan, 1878) Jordan, D. S., 1878. A synopsis of the family Catostomidae. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 12: 97-237. Chasmistes muriei (Miller & Smith, 1981) †Miller, R. R. & G. R. Smith, 1981. Distribution and evolution of Chasmistes (Pisces: Catostomidae) in western North America. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. No. 696: 1-46. Cycleptus ( Rafinesque C. S., 1819. Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des États-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. v. 88. 417-429. Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) Cycleptus meridionalis (Burr & Mayden, 1999)Burr, B. M. & Mayden, R. L., 1999. A new species of Cycleptus (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Gulf slope drainages of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with a review of the distribution, biology, and conservation status of the genus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 20: 19-57. Deltistes (Seale, 1896)Seale, A., 1896. Notes on Deltistes, a new genus of catostomoid fishes. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 2) v. 6: 269. Deltistes luxatus (Cope, 1879) Erimyzon (Jordan, 1876)Jordan D. S., 1876. Concerning the fishes of the Ichthyologia Ohiensis. Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. v. 3 (núm. 3, art. 8). 91-97. Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill, 1814)Mitchill, S. L., 1814. Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., ... on the fishes of New-York. NovaYork. Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., ... on the fishes of New-York.: 1-28. Erimyzon sucetta (Lacépède, 1803) Lacepède, B. G. E., 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. Erimyzon tenuis (Agassiz, 1855)Agassiz, L., 1855. Art. XII. Synopsis of the ichthyological fauna of the Pacific slope of North America, chiefly from the collections made by the U. S. Expl. Exped. under the command of Captain C. Wilkes, with recent additions and comparisons with eastern types. American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2) v. 19 (núm. 55): 71-99. Hypentelium (Rafinesque C. S., 1818. Description of three new genera of fluviatile fish, Pomoxis, Sarchirus and Exoglossum. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 1 (pt 2). 417-422. Hypentelium etowanum (Jordan, 1877)Jordan, D. S., 1877. A partial synopsis of the fishes of upper Georgia; with supplementary papers on fishes of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. Annals of the Lycium of Natural History of New York v. 11 (núms. 11-12): 307-377. Hypentelium nigricans (Le Sueur, 1817) Hypentelium roanokense (Raney & Lachner, 1947)Raney, E. C. & Lachner, E. R., 1947. Hypentelium roanokense, a new catostomid fish from the Roanoke River in Virginia. American Museum Novitates No. 1333: 1-15. Ictiobus ( Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, C. S., 1818. Discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Revue v. 3 (5) (Sept. 1818): 354-356. Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)Cuvier, G. i A. Valenciennes, 1844. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 17: i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp., Pls. 487-519. Ictiobus labiosus (Meek, 1904)Meek, S. E., 1904. The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17. Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther, 1868)Günther A., 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 7. i-xx + 1-512. Ictiobus niger ( Minytrema (Jordan, 1878) Jordan D. S., 1878. Manual of the vertebrates of the northern United States, including the district east of the Mississippi River and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine species. Chicago. 2a edició, revisada i ampliada. Manual Vert. 2nd ed. 1-407. Minytrema melanops ( Moxostoma ( Myxocyprinus (Gill, 1878) Gill T. N., 1878. (Account of Myxocyprinus). A: Johnson's Cyclopaedia. Account Myxocyprinus. 1574. Myxocyprinus asiaticus (Bleeker, 1865) Bleeker, P., 1864. Notices sur quelques genres et espèces de Cyprinoïdes de Chine. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 18-29. Thoburnia (Jordan & Snyder, 1917)Jordan D. S., 1917. Changes in names of American fishes. Copeia No. 49. 85-89. Thoburnia atripinnis (Bailey, 1959)Bailey, R. M., 1959. A new catostomid fish, Moxostoma (Thoburnia) atripinne, from the Green River drainage, Kentucky and Tennessee. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. No. 599: 1-19, Pls. 1-2. Thoburnia hamiltoni (Raney & Lachner, 1946)Raney, E. C. & E. A. Lachner, 1946. Thoburnia hamiltoni, a new sucker from the Upper Roanoke River system in Virginia. Copeia 1946 (núm. 4): 218-226, Pl. 1. Thoburnia rhothoeca (Thoburn, 1896)Jordan, D. S. & B. W. Evermann, 1896. The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240. Vasnetzovia † Xyrauchen (Eigenmann & Kirsch, 1889)Kirsch, P. H., 1889. Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the Gila River, at Fort Thomas, Arizona, by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, U. S. Army. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (núm. 754): 555-558. Xyrauchen texanus (Abbott, 1861)Abbott, C. C., 1860. Description of four new species of North American Cyprinidae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 12: 473-474.BioLib FishBase Catalogue of Life Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names IUCN

Observacions No són molt apreciats a l'Amèrica del Nord per la seua carn ni tampoc hi són pescats habitualment de forma recreativa. Tot i així, Catostomus commersonii i Hypentelium nigricans en són les espècies preferides per menjar.

Ús comercial Són envasats, fumats i fregits.Cooking and Eating Suckers

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