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Cui-ui

Chasmistes cujus Cope, 1883

Status not recordedbony fish

The cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus) is a species in the family Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the cui-ui

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cui-ui live?

Not recorded

Is the cui-ui endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cui-ui classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCatostomidae
  6. genusChasmistes
  7. SpeciesChasmistes cujus Cope, 1883
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • pakaprovec nevadskýCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cui-ui

Other species in the same genus Chasmistes.

June sucker

Chasmistes liorus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Webug sucker

Chasmistes fecundus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cui-ui?

The cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus) belongs to the family Catostomidae in the order Cypriniformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cui-ui

MLA

“Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cui-ui.

BibTeX
@misc{cui_ui_2026,
  title = {Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cui-ui},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}