WoRMS taxon details
Catostomus Lesueur, 1817
Minomus Girard, 1856 · unaccepted
Notolepidomyzon Fowler, 1913 · unaccepted
Pantosteus Cope in Cope & Yarrow, 1875 · unaccepted
- Species Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Catostomus tsiltcoosensis Evermann & Meek, 1898
- Species Catostomus aureolus Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Catostomus aurora Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Catostomus commersoni (Lacepède, 1803) accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Catostomus commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) (senior synonym)
- Species Catostomus communis Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Catostomus forsterianus Richardson, 1823 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus griseus Girard, 1856 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus hudsonius Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus longirostris Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773) (misspelling)
- Species Catostomus longirostrum Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus macrolepidotus Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) (synonym)
- Species Catostomus nanomyzon Mather, 1886 accepted as Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
- Species Catostomus richardsoni Harper & Nichols, 1919 accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Catostomus teres (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)
Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A new genus of fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of Catostomus; and the characters of this genus, with those of its species, indicated. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, nos 5/6): 88-96 (6 pls.), 102-111 (3 pls.). [Pp. 88-96 published in Sept., pp. 102-111 in Oct.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Catostomus Lesueur, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158705 on 2025-02-05
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Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A new genus of fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of Catostomus; and the characters of this genus, with those of its species, indicated. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, nos 5/6): 88-96 (6 pls.), 102-111 (3 pls.). [Pp. 88-96 published in Sept., pp. 102-111 in Oct.]. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catostomus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Minomus Girard, 1856)
To Genbank (from synonym Pantosteus Cope in Cope & Yarrow, 1875)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catostomus RAD115182-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pantosteus generosus USNM 18008 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catostomus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Minomus Girard, 1856)
To Genbank (from synonym Pantosteus Cope in Cope & Yarrow, 1875)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Catostomus RAD115182-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pantosteus generosus USNM 18008 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS