- long
pharyngeal bone in the throat,
containing a
single row of teeth.
Catostomids are most
often found in rivers, but can be
found in any
freshwater environment...
- carp (Cyprinus carpio), but an easy and
notable difference is that all
catostomids lack the
characteristic barbels of carp. The
coloration of smallmouth...
- C. (December 2012). "Age, Growth, and
Reproductive Biology of
Three Catostomids From the
Apalachicola River, Florida".
Journal of Fish and
Wildlife Management...
- they are
roughly 60
million years old.
During the
Eocene (55-35 Mya),
catostomids and
cyprinids spread throughout Asia; the
earliest members of the cyprinid...
-
including melanistic, golden, and even
xanthic color morphs. Like
other catostomids it has a long
dorsal fin, but
unlike all
other extant species it has...
- D. and Spacie, Anne, "Differential Use of
Stream Habitat by
Spawning Catostomids."
American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 111, No. 2 (April, 1984): 267-279...
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including gars, bowfin, buffalofishes, carpsuckers, redhorse,
several other catostomids species,
freshwater drum, hiodontids, paddlefish, bullheads, and catfish...
- Juan,
TSENG Zhijie J.,
WILSON Mark V.,
MURRAY Alison M. -
ASIAN FOSSIL CATOSTOMIDS AND
ONTOGENETC CHANGE IN
EARLY CYPRINIFORMS Specific Liu, Juan; Chang...
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found in
Mexico and Guatemala.
Buffalofish are not carp, nor is any
other catostomid; they
belong to
different scientific families having evolved on separate...
- Two
mouth characteristics separate the
harelip sucker from all
other catostomids: a
nonprotractile upper lip and a
lower lip that is
divided into two...
