Taxonavigation: Cobitoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Catostomidae
Subfamilia: Catostominae
Genus: Catostomus
Species: Catostomus (Catostomus) catostomus

Name

Catostomus (Catostomus) catostomus (Forster, 1773)

  • Syntypes: BMNH 2004.2.2.13 (1, poor condition).

Type locality: Severn River, tributary to Hudson Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology: cato- (= inferior); stoma (= mouth), referring to its ventral position compared to terminal mouth of Cyprinus carpio. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Vernacular names

English: Longnose Sucker

References

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