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Opata Sucker
Catostomus wigginsi
The Opata sucker, Sonoran sucker or matalote Opata (Catostomus wigginsi), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae, the suckers. This species is found only in Mexico.
From the article Opata sucker on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The Opata sucker is endemic to the Sonora river basin in Sonora, Mexico including the Sonora and San Miguel rivers. The southern limit of its distribution is considered to be the town of Gavilan on the Sonora River. Their habitat includes the desert marshes, locally called cienegas, and small to moderately-sized streams, in shady pools and riffles, where the current is moderately fast and there is vegetation.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
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 Leseuer proposed this genus he made it tautonymous. The specific name honors the American botanist Ira Loren Wiggins, who collected rare Mexican fishes for the Zoological Museum of Stanford Museum, including the holotype of this species.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 96877.