Deltistes is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.
| Deltistes Temporal range:
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| Delistes luxatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Catostominae |
| Genus: | Deltistes Seale, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Chasmistes luxatus | |
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Species
editDeltistes contains one extant and two extinct species:[2][3]
- †Deltistes ellipticus R. R, Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967
- Deltistes luxatus Cope, 1879 (Lost River sucker)
- †Deltistes owyhee R. R, Miller & G. R. Smith, 1967
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Deltistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Robert Rush Miller and Gerald R. Smith (1967). "New Fossil Fishes from Plio-Pleistocene Lake Idaho" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Zoology Museum University of Michigan (654): 1–24.