Species
Catostomus occidentalis (Sacramento sucker)
Catostomus occidentalis. Photo: (c) prickly_sculpin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Sacramento Sucker (Catostomus occidentalis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family. It is primarily found in California with some populations extending into Oregon and Nevada. They inhabit a diverse range of habitats from headwater streams to deep lakes to estuaries.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Order: Cypriniformes (Minnows, suckers, carps, and loaches)
- Suborder: Catostomoidei
- Family: Catostomidae (Suckers)
- Subfamily: Catostominae
- Genus: Catostomus (Common suckers)
- Species: Catostomus occidentalis (Sacramento sucker)
- Genus: Catostomus (Common suckers)
- Subfamily: Catostominae
- Family: Catostomidae (Suckers)
- Suborder: Catostomoidei
- Order: Cypriniformes (Minnows, suckers, carps, and loaches)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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