Blackfin Sucker

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Blackfin Sucker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: M. atripinne
Binomial name
Moxostoma atripinne
Bailey, 1959

The Blackfin Sucker (Moxostoma atripinne) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family. It is found only in the United States in the headwaters of the Barren River system in south central Kentucky.

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