Klamath largescale sucker
Appearance
Klamath largescale sucker | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Catostomus |
Species: | C. snyderi
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Binomial name | |
Catostomus snyderi Gilbert, 1898
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The Klamath largescale sucker (Catostomus snyderi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.
It is endemic to the Klamath River basin in northern California and southern Oregon, within the Western United States.
Relationship with humans
[edit]The International Game Fish Association all tackle world record for the species stands at 2 lb 11 oz from the Sprague River in Oregon, USA.[2]
Sources
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Catostomus snyderi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Specific
- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Catostomus snyderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T4053A2933050. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T4053A2933050.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Sucker, Klamath largescale". igfa.org. International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 9 April 2019.