The Bavispe sucker, in Mexican matalote del Bavispe (Catostomus leopoldi), is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found only in Mexico.
| Bavispe sucker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Catostomus |
| Species: | C. leopoldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Catostomus leopoldi (Siebert & W. L. Minckley, 1986)
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The fish is named in honor of the ecologist, environmentalist and author Aldo Leopold (1887-1948).[2]
References
edit- ^ Contreras-Balderas, S.; Almada-Villela, P. (2019). "Catostomus leopoldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4045A2932690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4045A2932690.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families GYRINOCHEILIDAE and CATOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.