| Cycleptus | |
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| Cycleptus elongatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cycleptinae Gill, 1861 |
| Genus: | Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819 | |
Cycleptus is a genus of freshwater fish containing two relatively large North American species of suckers. They are endemic to river basins draining into the Gulf of Mexico, including the Mississippi, Rio Grande and others in the United States and Mexico.