Bluehead sucker

Pantosteus discobolus

Forty One Centimeters Catostomid Fish of Mexican Waters

Blue
Temperate
Upper river
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
North America
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The bluehead sucker (Pantosteus discobolus) is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish endemic to the intermountain Western US. Formerly placed in the genus Catostomus, it is now placed in the genus Pantosteus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Pantosteus
Maximum length: 41 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: Snake River system (Columbia River drainage), Wyoming, and Idaho; Lake Bonneville basin, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah; south through upper Colorado river drainage (Grand Canyon and above), Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona in the USA. Two subspecies were recognized: Catostomus discobolus discobolus and Catostomus discobolus jarrovii .

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