Deltistes

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Deltistes
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
File:Delistes luxatus usgs.jpg
Delistes luxatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Subfamily: Catostominae
Genus: Deltistes
Seale, 1896
Type species
Chasmistes luxatus
Cope, 1879[1]
Species

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Deltistes is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.

Species

Deltistes contains one extant and two extinct species:[2][3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Deltistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  3. Robert Rush Miller and Gerald R. Smith (1967). "New Fossil Fishes from Plio-Pleistocene Lake Idaho" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Zoology Museum University of Michigan (654): 1–24.