Bavispe sucker
Bavispe sucker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Catostomus |
Species: | C. leopoldi
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Binomial name | |
Catostomus leopoldi (Siebert & W. L. Minckley, 1986)
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The Bavispe sucker, in Mexican matalote del Bavispe (Catostomus leopoldi), is a species of
ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae
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It is found only in Mexico.
The fish is named in honor of the ecologist, environmentalist and author Aldo Leopold (1887-1948).[2]
References
- . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families GYRINOCHEILIDAE and CATOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.