Ictiobus niger

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ictiobus niger
    n 1: fish of the lower Mississippi [syn: {black buffalo},
         {Ictiobus niger}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buffalofish \buffalofish\, buffalo fish \buffalo fish\n. (Zool.)
   1. any of several large carplike North American fish.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Zool.) Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the
      family {Catostomid[ae]} (also called suckers see [a

      href="http:]/www.state.ia.us/dnr/organiza/fwb/fish/iafish/sucker/sucker.htm">Sucker
      family), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or
      brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the {big-mouthed buffalofish}
      ({Ictiobus cyrinellus}, formerly called {Bubalichthys
      urus}), the {black buffalofish} ({Ictiobus niger}), and
      the {small-mouthed buffalofish} ({Ictiobus bubalus},
      formerly called {Bubalichthys altus}), are among the more
      important species used as food.
      [PJC]