Thoburnia

Thoburnia
Torrent sucker Thoburnia rhothoeca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Catostominae
Genus:	Thoburnia D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1917
Type species
Catostomus rhotothecus Thoburn, 1896

Thoburnia is a genus of suckers found in the eastern United States. There are currently two recognized species in this genus. Formerly regarded as a subgenus of the genus Moxostoma before elevation to full genus.

Species

• Thoburnia hamiltoni Raney & Lachner, 1946 (Rustyside sucker)
• Thoburnia rhothoeca (Thoburn, 1896) (Torrent sucker)

The species T. atripinnis, formerly placed in this genus, is now placed in its own genus, Vexillichthys . Phylogenetic analysis suggests that Vexillichthys is more closely related to hogsuckers than to other species of Thoburnia. ^[1]

References

1. Armbruster, Jonathan W. (2024-11-04). "A new genus for the Blackfin Sucker, Thoburnia atripinnis (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)" . Zootaxa. 5536 (2): 325–335. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.8. ISSN   1175-5334.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Thoburnia". FishBase . August 2011 version.