藍首亞口魚

藍首亞口魚（學名：Catostomus discobolus）為輻鰭魚綱鯉形目亞口魚科的其中一種，為溫帶淡水魚，分布於北美洲美國懷俄明州、愛達荷州蛇河、懷俄明州、猶他州巴那維利湖向南流經科羅拉多河上游流域^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}，本魚體呈圓柱形，口下位成吸盤狀，頂部呈現深綠色或深銀色，底部呈現淺黃色，側線鱗70-100枚，在繁殖過程中，雄魚的大頭頂部會出現藍色斑塊，下鰭會變成黃色或橙色，並帶有紅色或玫瑰色側線，體長可達41公分，棲息在溪流底層水域，可適應各種環境，從山區冰冷的溪流到沙漠地區，白天會待在淺溪流，晚上覓食，繁殖期4至7月。

藍首亞口魚
保護狀況
無危（IUCN 3.1）[1]
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	條鰭魚綱 Actinopteri
目：	鯉形目 Cypriniformes
科：	亞口魚科 Catostomidae
屬：	亞口魚屬 Catostomus
種：	藍首亞口魚 C. discobolus
二名法
Catostomus discobolus Cope, 1871
異名
Pantosteus discobolus (Cope, 1871)

參考文獻

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