Snake River sucker

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Snake River sucker
Status iucn3.1 EX.svg
Extinct  (1928 [1] )  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Status TNC GX.svg
Presumed Extinct  (1928 [3] )  (NatureServe) [4]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Chasmistes
Species:
†C. muriei
Binomial name
†Chasmistes muriei

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. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Noel M. Burkhead (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010". BioScience. 62 (9): 801. Bibcode:2012BiSci..62..798B. doi: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5 . JSTOR   10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5.
  2. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Chasmistes muriei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T4589A3004173. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T4589A3004173.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Noel M. Burkhead (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010". BioScience. 62 (9): 801. Bibcode:2012BiSci..62..798B. doi: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5 . JSTOR   10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5.
  4. ↑ "Chasmistes muriei". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Trushenski, Jesse T. (10 June 2019). "Pricing the Priceless". American Fisheries Society. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.


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