Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)

Scientific name: Moxostoma erythrurum Rafinesque, 1818

Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)

The Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a freshwater fish of the family Catostomidae.

Biology

Occurs in mud-bottomed to rock-bottomed pools, runs and riffles of creeks and small to large rivers. Occasionally found in lakes. Feeds on immature mayflies, caddisflies and midges.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Moxostoma erythrurum
Family
Catostomidae (Suckers)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
78.0
Common length
28.8
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and Ontario in Canada to North Dakota and south to Alabama and Oklahoma in USA; isolated in southwestern Mississippi, USA; from Potomac River in Maryland to Roanoke River in North Carolina, USA; Mobile Bay drainage in USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=11)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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