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Rouge sucker

Myxocyprinus asiaticus (Bleeker, 1864)

Status not recordedbony fish

The rouge sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) is a species in the family Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the rouge sucker

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 rouge sucker live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rouge sucker as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

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 rouge sucker 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 rouge sucker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCatostomidae
  6. genusMyxocyprinus
  7. SpeciesMyxocyprinus asiaticus (Bleeker, 1864)

Synonyms Carpiodes asiaticus, Carpiodes chinensis, Myxocyprinus asiaticus asiaticus, Myxocyprinus asiaticus nankinensis, Sclerognathus chinensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Chinese high fin banded sharkEnglish
  • Chinese high-fin banded sharkEnglish
  • Chinese suckerEnglish
  • قرش صينيArabic
  • rezatka čínskáCzech
  • イェンツーユイJapanese
  • Czukuczan chińskiPolish
  • Китайский чукучанRussian
  • ปลาหมูกระโดงสูงThai
  • 胭脂魚Chinese
  • قرش مخطط عالي الزعنفة الصينيArabic
  • 胭脂鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rouge sucker

Other species in the same family Catostomidae.

Red sucker

Catostomus catostomus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Mongrel

Ictiobus cyprinellus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Cui-ui

Chasmistes cujus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Razorback

Ictiobus bubalus

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

Buoy tender

Ictiobus niger

CatostomidaeNo free photo yet

CompareRouge sucker vs Red suckerRouge sucker vs MongrelRouge sucker vs Razorback suckerRouge sucker vs Cui-ui

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the rouge sucker an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rouge sucker as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rouge sucker?

The rouge sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) belongs to the family Catostomidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rouge sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rouge-sucker

MLA

“Rouge sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rouge-sucker.

BibTeX
@misc{rouge_sucker_2026,
  title = {Rouge sucker (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rouge-sucker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}