Thoburnia

Thoburnia is a genus of suckers found in the eastern United States. There are currently two recognized species in this genus. Formerly regarded as a subgenus of the genus Moxostoma before elevation to full genus.

Thoburnia
Torrent sucker Thoburnia rhothoeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Subfamily:	Catostominae
Genus:	Thoburnia D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1917
Type species
Catostomus rhotothecus Thoburn, 1896

Species

• Thoburnia hamiltoni Raney & Lachner, 1946 (Rustyside sucker)
• Thoburnia rhothoeca (Thoburn, 1896) (Torrent sucker)

The species T. atripinnis, formerly placed in this genus, is now placed in its own genus, Vexillichthys. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that Vexillichthys is more closely related to hogsuckers than to other species of Thoburnia.^[1]