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Moxostoma, the redhorses or jumprocks, is a genus of North American ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. Redhorses are variable in size, geographic location, and other ecological traits such as spawning substrate.^[1]^[2]^[3] Several redhorses are long-lived (lifespans greater than 20 years), much like many other catostomid species. The silver redhorse is the longest-lived redhorse known by nearly a decade, with ages exceeding 40 years.^[1] Redhorses are broadly of conservation concern, as these long-lived species are highly intolerant to environmental pollution,^[4] habitat fragmentation,^[4] and are currently subject to unregulated 21st century sport bowfishing which is removing and wantonly wasting several of these species by the ton.^[1]

Species

Moxostoma albidum (Girard, 1856) (Longlip jumprock)
Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820) (Silver redhorse)
Moxostoma ariommum C. R. Robins & Raney, 1956 (Bigeye jumprock)
Moxostoma austrinum T. H. Bean, 1880 (Mexican redhorse)
Moxostoma breviceps (Cope, 1870) (Smallmouth redhorse)
Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870) (River redhorse)
Moxostoma cervinum (Cope, 1868) (Blacktip jumprock)
Moxostoma collapsum (Cope, 1870) (Notchlip redhorse)
Moxostoma congestum (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854) (Gray redhorse)
Moxostoma duquesni (Lesueur, 1817) (Black redhorse)
Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) (Golden redhorse)
Moxostoma hubbsi V. Legendre, 1952 (Copper redhorse)
†Moxostoma lacerum (D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1877) (Harelip sucker)
Moxostoma lachneri C. R. Robins & Raney, 1956 (Greater jumprock)
Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) (Shorthead redhorse)
Moxostoma mascotae Regan, 1907 (Mascota jumprock)
Moxostoma pappillosum (Cope, 1870) (V-lip redhorse)
Moxostoma pisolabrum Trautman & R. G. Martin, 1951 (Pealip redhorse)
Moxostoma poecilurum (D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Blacktail redhorse)
Moxostoma robustum (Cope, 1870) (Robust redhorse)
Moxostoma rupiscartes D. S. Jordan & O. P. Jenkins, 1889 (Striped jumprock)
Moxostoma valenciennesi D. S. Jordan, 1885 (Greater redhorse)
Moxostoma sp. 1 "Apalachicola" Undescribed, (Apalachicola Redhorse)
Moxostoma sp. 2 "Sicklefin" Undescribed, (Sicklefin Redhorse)
Moxostoma sp. 3 "Carolina" Undescribed, (Carolina Redhorse)
Moxostoma sp. 4 "Brassy" Undescribed, (Brassy Jumprock)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lackmann, Alec R.; Bielak-Lackmann, Ewelina S.; Jacobson, Reed I.; Andrews, Allen H.; Butler, Malcolm G.; Clark, Mark E. (2023-08-30). "Harvest trends, growth and longevity, and population dynamics reveal traditional assumptions for redhorse (Moxostoma spp.) management in Minnesota are not supported". Environmental Biology of Fishes. doi:10.1007/s10641-023-01460-8. ISSN 1573-5133.
^ Reid, S. M. (June 2006). "Timing and Demographic Characteristics of Redhorse Spawning Runs in Three Great Lakes Basin Rivers". Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 21 (2): 249–258. doi:10.1080/02705060.2006.9664993. ISSN 0270-5060.
^ Reid, S. M. (April 2009). "Age, growth and mortality of black redhorse ( Moxostoma duquesnei ) and shorthead redhorse ( M. macrolepidotum ) in the Grand River, Ontario". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25 (2): 178–183. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01214.x.
^ ^a ^b Jelks, Howard L.; Walsh, Stephen J.; Burkhead, Noel M.; Contreras-Balderas, Salvador; Diaz-Pardo, Edmundo; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Lyons, John; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; McCormick, Frank; Nelson, Joseph S.; Platania, Steven P.; Porter, Brady A.; Renaud, Claude B.; Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo; Taylor, Eric B. (August 2008). "Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes". Fisheries. 33 (8): 372–407. doi:10.1577/1548-8446-33.8.372. ISSN 0363-2415.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Moxostoma in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Georgia Biodiversity Portal. Table of Rare Fishes. June 7, 2022 version.
Fishes of North Carolina, Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina, Catostomidae. Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina. 2020 version.

[:0-1] Lackmann, Alec R.; Bielak-Lackmann, Ewelina S.; Jacobson, Reed I.; Andrews, Allen H.; Butler, Malcolm G.; Clark, Mark E. (2023-08-30). "Harvest trends, growth and longevity, and population dynamics reveal traditional assumptions for redhorse (Moxostoma spp.) management in Minnesota are not supported". Environmental Biology of Fishes. doi:10.1007/s10641-023-01460-8. ISSN 1573-5133.

[2] Reid, S. M. (June 2006). "Timing and Demographic Characteristics of Redhorse Spawning Runs in Three Great Lakes Basin Rivers". Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 21 (2): 249–258. doi:10.1080/02705060.2006.9664993. ISSN 0270-5060.

[3] Reid, S. M. (April 2009). "Age, growth and mortality of black redhorse ( Moxostoma duquesnei ) and shorthead redhorse ( M. macrolepidotum ) in the Grand River, Ontario". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25 (2): 178–183. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01214.x.

[:1-4] Jelks, Howard L.; Walsh, Stephen J.; Burkhead, Noel M.; Contreras-Balderas, Salvador; Diaz-Pardo, Edmundo; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Lyons, John; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; McCormick, Frank; Nelson, Joseph S.; Platania, Steven P.; Porter, Brady A.; Renaud, Claude B.; Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo; Taylor, Eric B. (August 2008). "Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes". Fisheries. 33 (8): 372–407. doi:10.1577/1548-8446-33.8.372. ISSN 0363-2415.

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