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Chasmistes
| Chasmistes | |
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| Shortnose sucker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Catostominae |
| Genus: | Chasmistes D. S. Jordan, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Catostomus fecundus Jordan, 1878[1]
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Chasmistes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.[2]
They are native to freshwater habitats in the Western United States.
Several species are seriously threatened, and one has become extinct in recent history (a second extinct species has only been known from fossils).
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Chasmistes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
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