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Catostomus

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae

Taxonomy
Catostomus is a genus. Its type is Cyprinus catostomus.

It was assigned to Cyprinidae by Woodward (1901); to Catostominae by Hay (1902); and to Catostomidae by Holman et al. (1986), Fierstine et al. (2012).

Species
C. batrachops, C. catostomus, C. commersonnii, C. cristatus, C. labiatus, C. shoshonensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. commersoni, C. commersonii, C. occidentalis
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-08-09; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-08-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Catostomus Woodward p. 299
1902Catostomus Hay p. 394
1986Catostomus Holman et al.
2012Catostomus Fierstine et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCobitoidei(Swainson 1838)
familyCatostomidaeAgassiz 1850
genusCatostomus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Catostomus catostomus Forster 1773
Catostomus commersonnii Lacépède 1803
†Catostomus cristatus Cope 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) C. sp. (234663 276416)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nevada) C. sp. (276412 276413 276414)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) C. sp. (234637)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) C. occidentalis (20327)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) C. commersoni (20165)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (20389)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. sp. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) C. commersoni (63223) C. commersonii, C. catostomus (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. catostomus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) C. sp., C. commersonii, C. catostomus (224189)