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Definition of Ictiobus
1. Noun. Buffalo fishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Catostomidae, Family Catostomidae
Member holonyms: Black Buffalo, Ictiobus Niger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ictiobus
Literary usage of Ictiobus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"The red- mouthed buffalo-fish (Ictiobus cyprinella) is brownish-olive, and reaches
a length of nearly 3 feet, and a weight of ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The red- mouthed buffalo-fish (Ictiobus cyprinella) is brownish-olive, and reaches
a length of nearly 3 feet, and a weight of 20 to 30 pounds. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"Ictiobus velifer Rafinesque.—Walnut creek; Beaver creek; Raccoon river at Perry,
Adel, and Des Moines; Des Moine* river at Des Moines and Ft. Dodge; ..."
4. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Geological Survey of Arkansas (1894)
"Ictiobus bubalus Jordan and Gilbert, C- 14, Fulton. Jordan, D. 16 (146); M. 44.
Habitat. ... Ictiobus velifer Jordan and Gilbert, C. 7, Ft. Smith; C. 10, ..."
5. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Colour, pale, almost silvery; fins scarcely dusky. Ictiobus meridionalis is a
southern species known only from the Rio Usumacinta, Mexico. ..."
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