Detailed Record for Catostomus commersoni

Common Name: White sucker

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Cypriniformes / Family Catostomidae / Genus Catostomus

C-value (pg): 2.77

Chromosome Number (2n): 98

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Cricetus cricetus = 3.50pg

References:
Ferris, S.D. (1984). Tetraploidy and the evolution of the catostomid fishes In: Evolutionary Genetics of Fishes, edited by B.J. Turner. Plenum Press, New York. 55-93.

Other records available for this species:

Catostomus commersoni = 2.52 (pg)

Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
Google Images | Altavista | Yahoo
ITIS
Fishbase