Definition of Ictiobus

1. Noun. Buffalo fishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ictiobus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Catostomidae, Family Catostomidae
Member holonyms: Black Buffalo, Ictiobus Niger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ictiobus

Ichang lemon
Ichang lemons
Ichneumonidae
Ichthyosauridae
Ichyostega
Icke
Ictalurus
Ictalurus punctatus
Icteria
Icteria virens
Icteridae
Icterus galbula
Icterus galbula bullockii
Icterus galbula galbula
Icterus spurius
Ictiobus
Ictiobus niger
Ictodosauria
Ictonyx
Ictonyx frenata
Ictonyx striata
Id al-Adha
Id al-Fitr
Ida
Ida'an
Idahan
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Idahoan
Idahoans

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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