Snake River sucker | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Chasmistes |
Species: | †C. muriei
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Binomial name | |
†Chasmistes muriei
R. R. Miller &
G. R. Smith, 1981
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The Snake River sucker (Chasmistes muriei) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It was endemic to the Snake River below Jackson Lake Dam in Wyoming. Described from a single specimen, it is now presumed to be an extinct species. [4]
Snake River sucker | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Chasmistes |
Species: | †C. muriei
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Binomial name | |
†Chasmistes muriei
R. R. Miller &
G. R. Smith, 1981
|
The Snake River sucker (Chasmistes muriei) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It was endemic to the Snake River below Jackson Lake Dam in Wyoming. Described from a single specimen, it is now presumed to be an extinct species. [4]