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Hypentelium

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Hypentelium is a genus of suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species of them.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCatostomidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records
24
Family
Catostomidae
Collections
CUMV, AUM, USNM, YPM, CAS, KU
Recorded in
United States

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Northern hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans.jpg
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Hypentelium is a genus of suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species of them.

==Species== Hypentelium etowanum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama hog sucker) Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) (Northern hog sucker) Hypentelium roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947 (Roanoke hog sucker)

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