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Pantosteus platyrhynchus

(Cope, 1874)

Mountain Sucker

GNRUnranked Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1167276

Element CodeAFCJC02300

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderCypriniformes

FamilyCatostomidae

GenusPantosteus

Synonyms

Catostomus platyrhynchus(Cope, 1874)

Concept Reference

Unmack, P.J., T.E. Dowling, N.J. Laitinen, C.L. Secor, R.L. Mayden, D.K. Shiozawa, and G.R. Smith. 2014. Influence of introgression and geological processes on phylogenetic relationships of western North American mountain suckers (Pantosteus, Catostomidae). PLoS One 9(3), p.e90061.

Taxonomic Comments

This is a narrow concept of Pantosteus platyrhynchus that is recognized by the American Fisheries Society (Page et al. 2023). Molecular data and morphological phylogenies support resurrecting Pantosteus jordani (Missouri drainage) and P. lahontan (Lahontan basin) from synonymy with C. platyrhynchus, as well as recognizing the Columbia River form as a new species, P. bondi Smith, Stewart, and Carpenter 2013 (Unmack et al. 2014). As circumscribed here, Pantosteus platyrhynchus is restricted to the Bonneville, Upper Snake, and Green River basins (Unmack et al. 2014).

Unmack et al. (2014) elevated the subgenus Pantosteus to generic status based on a comparison of molecular, morphological, and paleontological data. Page et al. (2023) accepted this elevation, but others (e.g., Bangs et al. 2018) retain as a subgenus pending additional morphological and molecular analyses.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S5	Yes
Utah	S4	Yes
Colorado	S2	Yes

Roadless Areas (9)

Utah (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
418014	Uinta National Forest	9,683
418015	Uinta National Forest	17,289
418016	Uinta National Forest	35,240
418025	Uinta National Forest	32,698
Burch Creek	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	6,938
Cove Creek	Fishlake National Forest	25,555
Joe Lott	Fishlake National Forest	19,826
Stump Creek	Caribou National Forest	355

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Salt River Range	Bridger-Teton National Forest	235,661

References (4)

Bangs, M.R., M.R. Douglas, S.M. Mussmann, and M.E. Douglas. 2018. Unraveling historical introgression and resolving phylogenetic discord within Catostomus (Osteichthys: Catostomidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(1): 86.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
Smith, G.R., J.D. Stewart and N.E. Carpenter. 2013. Fossil and recent mountain suckers, <i>Pantosteus</i>, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 743: 1-59.
Unmack, P.J., T.E. Dowling, N.J. Laitinen, C.L. Secor, R.L. Mayden, D.K. Shiozawa, and G.R. Smith. 2014. Influence of introgression and geological processes on phylogenetic relationships of western North American mountain suckers (<i>Pantosteus</i>, Catostomidae). PLoS One 9(3), p.e90061.