Blacktail Redhorse

Moxostoma poecilurum

Fifty One Centimeters Catostomid Fish

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

The blacktail redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma. The blacktail redhorse occupies North America, being located throughout Mississippi River tributaries on the former Mississippi Embayment, ranging from Southern Kentucky to Galveston Bay in Texas.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Maximum length: 51 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North America: Mississippi River tributaries on Former Mississippi Embayment from southern Kentucky and southern Arkansas south to Louisiana in the USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Choctawhatchee River in Alabama and Florida to Galveston Bay in Texas in the USA.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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