Original description:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 6]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(5):299-307 (ffm00149)
Type species: Catostomus bubalus Rafinesque, 1818 (subsequent designation).
Described species included (6):
valid: 4 synonym: 2- Catostomus bubalus Rafinesque, 1818 (valid)
- Amblodon niger Rafinesque, 1819 (valid)
- Carpiodes vitulus Agassiz, 1854 (synonym)
- Bubalichthys bonasus Agassiz, 1855 (synonym)
- Sclerognathus meridionalis Günther, 1868 (valid)
- Carpiodes labiosus Meek, 1904 (valid)