Cycleptus
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| Cycleptus | |
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cycleptinae Gill, 1861[1] |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819[2] |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819[2] | |
Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species[3] of suckers. They are endemic to river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, Rio Grande and others in the United States and Mexico.