Biology:Chasmistes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Chasmistes
Chasmistes brevirostris.png
Shortnose sucker
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Tribe: Catostomini
Genus: Chasmistes
D. S. Jordan, 1878
Type species
Catostomus fecundus
Jordan, 1878

Chasmistes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.[1]

They are native to freshwater habitats in the Western United States.

Several species are seriously threatened, and one has become extinct in recent history (a second extinct species has only been known from fossils).[2]

Characteristics

Members of this genus have a large and stout body, as well as a large head. They often have a hump on their snout. Their mouths are either terminal or subterminal. They have a complete lateral line and a two-chambered gas bladder.[3]

Species

The genus Chasmistes contains these species:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5087387 entry