Smallmouth buffalo
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The smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus, from the Greek for "bull-fish" and "buffalo") is one of the longest-lived fishes, capable of living more than a century.[2] They are a catostomid fish species native to the major tributaries and surrounding waters of the Mississippi River in the United States, as well as some other water systems where it has been introduced. It is a long-lived,[3][4][5][2] stocky fish like its relatives the bigmouth buffalo[6] (I. cyprinellus) and the black buffalo[6][2] (I. niger). The smallmouth buffalo's mouth is located ventrally like other Catostomidae species, whereas the bigmouth buffalo's mouth is terminal and opens forward. It is thought that smallmouth buffalo eyes are significantly larger than those of the black buffalo. Despite being members of different scientific families, these three species superficially resemble the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), but an easy and notable difference is that all catostomids lack the characteristic barbels of carp.
Smallmouth buffalo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Ictiobus |
Species: | I. bubalus |
Binomial name | |
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) | |
The distribution of I. bubalus in the United States | |
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