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Moxostoma erythrurum

(Rafinesque, 1818)

Golden Redhorse

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100778
Element CodeAFCJC10080
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyCatostomidae
GenusMoxostoma
Other Common Names
Chevalier doré (FR)
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Harris and Mayden (2001) used molecular data to examine phylogenetic relationships of major clades of Catostomidae. In all trees, Scartomyzon was paraphyletic and embedded in Moxostoma, and Catostomus was never recovered as monophyletic (Xyrauchen was embedded within Catostomus). They concluded that the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic composition of taxa presently included in Moxostoma and Scartomyzon are in need of further study, as are the relationships and composition of the genera Catostomus, Chasmistes, Deltistes, and Xyrauchen, and the phylogenetic affinites of Erimyzon and Minytrema.

See also Smith (1992) for a study of the phylogeny and biogeography of the Catostomidae.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-08-18
Change Date1996-09-19
Range Extent Comments
Mobile Bay drainage, Alabama, Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee; Mississippi River, Ohio River, and lower Missouri River basins, southern Great Lakes basin, and Hudson Bay (Red River) basin from New York and southern Ontario to North Dakota, south to northern Alabama and southern Oklahoma; isolated population in southwestern Mississippi; Atlantic Slope from Potomac River (perhaps introduced), Maryland, to Roanoke River, North Carolina (absent in Rappahannock and York river drainages); common (Page and Burr 1991).
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of subpopulations and locations.
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Creeks and small to large rivers with varied substrate; generally in pools, often over sand or silt. Occasionally in lakes. Spawns usually in runs and riffles in the main stream but may ascend small tributaries.

Reproduction

Spawns in spring. Males apparently congregate and defend home territories before and during spawning. Males sexually mature at age III in Iowa, females at age IV (Becker 1983).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
District of ColumbiaSNANo
MarylandS4Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
MissouriSNRYes
MississippiS4Yes
South DakotaS2Yes
North CarolinaS4Yes
IndianaS5Yes
WisconsinS5Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
IllinoisS5Yes
MichiganS2Yes
OhioS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
AlabamaS5Yes
TexasS2Yes
KansasS5Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
New YorkS3Yes
West VirginiaS5Yes
GeorgiaS3Yes
VirginiaS4Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
ManitobaS4Yes
OntarioS4Yes
Roadless Areas (3)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest13,037
Kentucky (1)
AreaForestAcres
WolfpenDaniel Boone National Forest2,835
Tennessee (1)
AreaForestAcres
Devil's BackboneCherokee National Forest4,287
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