Blackfin sucker

Blackfin sucker
Scientific classification
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.

References

  1. NatureServe (2014). "Thoburnia atripinnis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T13914A19034838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T13914A19034838.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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