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Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Chasmistes: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cope.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 41°N - 40°N
North America: Pyramid and Winnemucca lakes in Nevada, USA.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 67.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5723); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.7 kg (Ref. 40637); Età massima riportata: 41 anni (Ref. 47054)
Occurs in deep water. Spawns only around margin of Pyramid Lake in Nevada, USA but formerly made spectacular spawning runs up Truckee River in Nevada, USA. Populations were subject to intensive fishing in the 19th and early 20th century; habitats have been greatly altered by water development projects; species is now endangered (Ref. 47054).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00202 - 0.01242), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (tm=14-17; Fec=30,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).