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Blackfin sucker

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Blackfin sucker

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Thoburnia
Species:
T. atripinnis
Binomial name
Thoburnia atripinnis
(R. M. Bailey, 1959)

The blackfin sucker (Thoburnia atripinnis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found only in the United States in the headwaters of the Barren River system in south central Kentucky and Tennessee.[2]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2014). "Thoburnia atripinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T13914A19034838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T13914A19034838.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Thoburnia atripinnis ". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 August 2023.