Catostomidae

Golden Redhorse

Moxostoma erythrurum

Sifting sand for insects

• Red
• Yellow
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

The golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and Manitoba in Canada and the Midwestern, southern, and eastern United States. It lives in calm, often silty or sandy waters in streams, small to large rivers, and lakes. A bottom-feeder, it feeds on microcrustaceans, aquatic insects, detritus, algae, and small mollusks.