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Definition of Catostomus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Catostomidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catostomus

Literary usage of Catostomus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1908)
"Catostomus nigricans Le Sueur. Black Sucker ; Hog Sucker. Lake of the Woods at Rat Portage, off Coney Island, and Stevens Point and Oak Island (Woolman, ..."

2. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"If Nelson, Bull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist, i, 1876, 46.) ** Scales small, about 00 iu the lateral line. 311. P. catostomus Jordan. ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"2 In describing Cyprinus catostomus, Forster had before him two specimens, "the greater" of which was "very near 15 inches from the nose to the extremity of ..."

4. The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley: To which is Appended a by Timothy Flint (1833)
"Black buffalo fish, catostomus niger. Found in the lower waters of the Ohio and in the ... Mud sucker, catostomus xanthopus. Length from six to ten inches. ..."

5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"435.) Catostomus griseus : Platte River Sucker. Catostomus ... Catostomus ardens: Mullet of Utah Lake (p. 435). Catostomus gila : Rio Gila Sucker. ..."

6. A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, Or the Mississippi by Timothy Flint (1828)
"Mud sucker, catostomus xanthopus. Length from six to ten inches. Flesh very soft. Black faced sucker, catostomus melanops. Black sucker. ..."

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