Opata sucker

==Taxonomy==

==Taxonomy==

The Opata sucker was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1936 by the American biologists [[Albert William Herre]] and [[Vernon E. Brock]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the west fork of [[San Miguel River (Mexico)|Río San Miguel]], {{cvt|8|km}} northwest of [[Cucurpe Municipality|Cucurpe]], and {{cvt|47|km}} south-east of [[Magdalena de Kino|Magdalena]], [[Sonora]], Mexico, from an elevation of elevation of around {{cvt|786|m}}.<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus= Catostomus|access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref> This species is classified in the genus ''[[Catostomus]]'' which is the [[type genus]] of the [[subfamily]] [[Catostominae]], and thus of the family Catostomidae.<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue = 2 | pages = 1–230| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The family Catostomidae is classified within the [[suborder]] [[Catostomoidei]] in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Cypriniformes]].<ref name = ECoF>{{cite web |author1=Richard van der Laan |author1-link=Richard van der Laan |author2=William N. Eschmeyer |author2-link=William N. Eschmeyer |author3=Ronald Fricke |author3-link=Ronald Fricke |title=Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification |url=https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification |work=[[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes]] |publisher=[[California Academy of Sciences]] |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref>

The Opata sucker was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1936 by the American biologists [[Albert William Herre]] and [[Vernon E. Brock]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the west fork of [[San Miguel River (Mexico)|Río San Miguel]], {{cvt|8|km}} northwest of [[Cucurpe Municipality|Cucurpe]], and {{cvt|47|km}} south-east of [[Magdalena de Kino|Magdalena]], [[Sonora]], Mexico, from an elevation of elevation of around {{cvt|786|m}}.<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus= Catostomus|access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref> This species is classified in the genus ''[[Catostomus]]'' which is the [[type genus]] of the [[subfamily]] [[Catostominae]], and thus of the family Catostomidae.<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue = 2 | pages = 1–230| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The family Catostomidae is classified within the [[suborder]] [[Catostomoidei]] in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Cypriniformes]].<ref name = ECoF>{{cite web |author1=Richard van der Laan |author1-link=Richard van der Laan |author2=William N. Eschmeyer |author2-link=William N. Eschmeyer |author3=Ronald Fricke |author3-link=Ronald Fricke |title=Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification |url=https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification |work=[[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes]] |publisher=[[California Academy of Sciences]] |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref>

==Etymology==

The Optata sucker is classified in the genus ''Catostomus'', a name which combines the Greek ''katá'', which means "under", "below" or "beneath", and ''stóma'', which means "mouth". The [[type species]] of this genus is ''Cyprinus catastomus'' and when [[Charles Alexandre Lesueur|Leseuer]] proposed this genus he made it [[tautonym|tautonymous]]. The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honors the American [[botanist]] [[Ira Loren Wiggins]], who collected rare Mexican fishes for the [[Cantor Arts Center|Stanford Museum]], including the [[holotype]] of this species.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/catostomidae/ |title=Family CATOSTOMIDAE Agassiz 1850 (Suckers) |author=Christopher Scharpf |date=10 March 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}}</ref>

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