The Catostomidae are the suckers of the order Cypriniformes, with about 78 species in this family of freshwater fishes. The Catostomidae are almost exclusively...
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speciose group, the latter contain only a handful of species. The suckers (Catostomidae) are found in temperate North America and eastern Asia.[citation needed]...
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fishes that use suction to hold onto larger marine animals the family Catostomidae (suckers): freshwater fish found mostly in North America the species...
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niger). The smallmouth buffalo's mouth is located ventrally like other Catostomidae species, whereas the bigmouth buffalo's mouth is terminal and opens forward...
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The Chinese high fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) (family Catostomidae) has a single row of pharyngeal teeth with comb-like arrangements. The...
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"minnows, carps, loaches, and relatives," and it includes the suckers (Catostomidae) and algae eaters (Gyrinocheilidae). Fishes of the latter family, which...
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Creek chubsucker (category Catostomidae)
the sucker family (Catostomidae). The creek chubsucker is one of three species in the genus Erimyzon from the family Catostomidae present in eastern North...
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Potomac River (section Suckers (Catostomidae))
The Potomac River (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia...
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The following list of known freshwater fish species, subspecies, and hybrids occurring in Washington state is taken from Wydoski and Whitney(2003). Some...
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include suckers (Catostomidae), catfish, sunfish and bass (Centrarchidae), daces, carp, and shiners (Cyprinidae). For instance, Catostomidae are the primary...
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