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Snake River sucker, the Glossary

The Snake River sucker (Chasmistes muriei) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae.^[1]

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Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

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Catostomidae

The Catostomidae are the suckers of the order Cypriniformes, with about 78 species in this family of freshwater fishes.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Jackson Lake Dam

Jackson Lake Dam is a concrete and earth-fill dam in the western United States, at the outlet of Jackson Lake in northwestern Wyoming.

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Robert Rush Miller

Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s.

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Snake River

The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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See also

Catostomidae

Endemic fauna of Wyoming

Fremont's chipmunk
Snake River sucker
Wyoming toad

Fish of North America becoming extinct since 1500

Snake River

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River_sucker

Also known as Chasmistes muriei.