Deltistes

Deltistes Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Delistes luxatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Catostominae
Genus:	Deltistes Seale, 1896
Type species
Chasmistes luxatus Cope, 1879 [1]
Species
see text

Deltistes is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.

Species

Deltistes 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

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Catostomidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Deltistes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. 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.