Species
Catostomus rimiculus (Klamath smallscale sucker)
Catostomus rimiculus. Photo: no rights reserved
The Klamath smallscale sucker (Catostomus rimiculus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It primarily inhabits the Trinity and Klamath River watersheds. They often form mixed schools with speckled dace, sculpins, and juvenile steelhead.
- 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 rimiculus (Klamath smallscale 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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