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Catostomidae
shorthead redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Seventy Five Centimeters Catostomid Fish of North American Waters
- Red
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeThe shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) is a wide-ranging species in North America. The shorthead redhorse is native to central and eastern North America. However, its range has expanded to include areas like the Hudson estuary and Grayson County, Texas.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Moxostoma
- Maximum length
- 75 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Alberta in Canada and south to northern Alabama and Oklahoma in the USA; Atlantic Slope drainages from Hudson River in New York to Santee River in South Carolina, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
