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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Maximum length: 78 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
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: LCLeast Concern

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