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| Deltistes Temporal range:
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| Delistes luxatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Catostominae |
| Genus: | Deltistes Seale, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Chasmistes luxatus | |
| Species | |
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Deltistes is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, the suckers.
Deltistes contains one extant and two extinct species:[2][3]