Golden redhorse
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| Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) |
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. The golden redhorse spawns in the spring.
[edit] References
- Moxostoma erythrurum (TSN 163939). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
- "Moxostoma erythrurum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- NatureServe - Moxostoma erythrurum
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