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Striped jumprock (Moxostoma rupiscartes)
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Striped jumprock (Moxostoma rupiscartes) specimen
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Catostomidae

Striped jumprock

Moxostoma rupiscartes

Twenty Eight Centimeters Catostomid Fish of North American Waters

  • Temperate
  • Upper river
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • West Asia
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Striped jumprock is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
28 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: Atlantic Slope from Santee River drainage in North Carolina, USA to Altamaha River drainage in Georgia, USA; Gulf Slope in upper Chattahoochee River drainage in Georgia. Recently found (possibly introduced) in extreme upper Peedee River drainage in North Carolina.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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