Hypentelium

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Kingdom Animalia Family Catostomidae Phylum Chordata Order Cypriniformes		Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Hypentelium Rank Genus

Similar Northern hogsucker, Alabama hog sucker, Moxostoma, Erimyzon, Carpiodes

Nothern hog sucker hypentelium nigricans

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

Hypentelium etowanum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Alabama hog sucker)

Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) (Northern hog sucker)

Hypentelium roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947 (Roanoke hog sucker)

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