Fleshylip Sucker
Catostomus leopoldi Siebert & Minckley, 1986
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Bavispe sucker, in Mexican matalote del Bavispe (Catostomus leopoldi), is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.
It is found only in Mexico.
The fish is named in honor of the ecologist, environmentalist and author Aldo Leopold (1887-1948).
Wikipedia contributors, Bavispe sucker; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:00:06.974038+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Catostomus leopoldi Siebert & Minckley, 1986
- Name authority
- Siebert & Minckley, 1986
- Common name
- Fleshylip Sucker
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Catostomus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCatostomidae Agassiz, 1850
- subfamilyCatostominae Agassiz, 1850
- tribeCatostomini Agassiz, 1850
- genusCatostomus Lesueur, 1817
- speciesCatostomus leopoldi Siebert & Minckley, 1986
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Catostomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| bridgelip suckerCatostomus columbianus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white suckerCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus fumeiventris Miller, 1973 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus microps Rutter, 1908 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus rimiculus Gilbert & Snyder, 1898 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus snyderi Gilbert, 1898 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus tahoensis Gill & Jordan, 1878 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catostomus utawana Mather, 1886 | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Siebert, D. J., & Minckley, W. L. (1986). Two new catostomid fishes (Cypriniformes) from the northern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. American Museum Novitates, 2849: 1–17. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:RW4P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.