Chasmistes muriei Miller & Smith, 1981
Snake River sucker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Burkhead, 2012)
Last record: 13 October 1927 (Miller et al. 1989:29)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Only known from the holotype (NatureServe, 2013). Estimated date of extinction: 1928 (Burkhead, 2012).
Distribution
Snake River (below Jackson Lake dam), Teton County, Wyoming, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype (NatureServe, 2013).
Holotype: UMMZ 81530 (female, 371 mm SL / 448 mm TL)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, Robert Rush and Smith, G. R. (1981). Distribution and evolution of Chasmistes (Pisces: Catostomidae) in western North America. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 696: 1-46.
Other references:
Burkhead, Noel M. (2012). Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010. BioScience 62(9): 798-808.
Jelks, Howard L., Walsh, Stephen J., Burkhead, Noel M., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Díaz-Pardo, Edmundo, Hendrickson, Dean A., Lyons, J., Mandrak, Nicholas E., McCormick, Frank, Nelson, Joseph F., Platania, Steven P., Porter, Brady A., Renaud, Claude B., Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacabo, Taylor, Eric B. and Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
Miller, R.R. and Smith, G.R. 1981. Distribution and evolution of Chasmistes (Pisces: Catostomidae) in western North America. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Occasional Papers 696: 1-46.
Miller, R. R., Williams, J. D. and Williams, J. E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.
NatureServe. (2013a). Chasmistes muriei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 January 2015.
NatureServe. 2013b. Chasmistes muriei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T4589A3004173. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T4589A3004173.en. Accessed on 19 June 2022.
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p.
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6178
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/1706/snake-river-sucker-chasmistes-muriei