Hypentelium

Hypentelium
Northern hogsucker, H. nigricans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Catostominae
Genus:	Hypentelium Rafinesque, 1818
Type species
Exoglossum macropterum Rafinesque, 1818

Hypentelium is a genus of suckers found in eastern United States and Canada. There are three recognized species of them.

Species

• Hypentelium etowanum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama hog sucker)
• Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) (Northern hog sucker)
• Hypentelium roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947 (Roanoke hog sucker)

References

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