Silver redhorse

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Silver redhorse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Catostomidae Genus: Moxostoma Species: M. anisurum
Binomial name
Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)

The silver redhorse, Moxostoma anisurum, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Canada from Quebec to Alberta and in the United States in the Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River, Ohio River, and the Great Lakes basins. It is typically found in lakes and in small to large rivers, where it often lives in undercut banks or protruding tree roots.

A bottom-feeder, it feeds on mollusks, algae, detritus, immature insects, and other small organisms.

[edit] References

• Moxostoma anisurum (TSN 163933). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
• "Moxostoma anisurum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.

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