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Mongrel

Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mongrel (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is a species in the family Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the mongrel

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 mongrel live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mongrel as introduced in 10 countries.

  1. Belarus
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Canada
  4. China
  5. Cuba
  6. Czechia
  7. Panama
  8. Russia
  9. Ukraine
  10. Vietnam

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mongrel 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 mongrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCatostomidae
  6. genusIctiobus
  7. SpeciesIctiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)

Synonyms Ichthyobus rauchii, Ichthyobus stolleyi, Ictiobus cyprinella, Sclerognathus cyprinella

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • BaldpateEnglish
  • Bigmouth buffaloEnglish
  • Blue RouterEnglish
  • Largemouth buffaloEnglish
  • Round buffaloEnglish
  • ɬaɬlochaAlabama
  • سمك الجاموس كبير الفمArabic
  • Bufalo velkohubýCzech
  • Bredmundet bøffelkarpeDanish
  • Matalote bocazaSpanish
  • isopuhvelikarppiFinnish
  • buffalo à grande boucheFrench
  • Bufalo cu gura mareRomanian
  • Большеротый буффалоRussian
  • Буфало великоротийUkrainian
  • kaprovec velkoústýCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mongrel

Other species in the same genus Ictiobus.

Razorback

Ictiobus bubalus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Buoy tender

Ictiobus niger

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMongrel vs RazorbackMongrel vs Buoy tenderMongrel vs Fleshylip buffaloMongrel vs Southern buffalo

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mongrel an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mongrel as introduced in 10 countries, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China and Cuba, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mongrel?

The mongrel (Ictiobus cyprinellus) belongs to the family Catostomidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mongrel (Ictiobus cyprinellus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mongrel

MLA

“Mongrel (Ictiobus cyprinellus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mongrel.

BibTeX
@misc{mongrel_2026,
  title = {Mongrel (Ictiobus cyprinellus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mongrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}