Cycleptus

Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species^[3] of suckers. They are endemic to river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, Rio Grande and others in the United States and Mexico.

Cycleptus
Cycleptus elongatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Cycleptinae Gill, 1861[1]
Genus:	Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819[2]
Type species
Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819[2]

Species

• Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) (Blue sucker)
• Cycleptus meridionalis Burr & Mayden, 1999 (Southeastern blue sucker)