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''Moxostoma'', the redhorses or jumprocks, is a genus of North American
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
in the family
Catostomidae The Catostomidae are the suckers of the order Cypriniformes, with about 78 species in this family of freshwater fishes. The Catostomidae are almost exclusively native to North America. The only exceptions are '' Catostomus catostomus,'' found in ...
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Species

* '' Moxostoma albidum'' ( Girard, 1856) (Longlip jumprock) * ''
Moxostoma anisurum The silver redhorse (''Moxostoma anisurum'': Maxostoma= mouth to suck; anisurum = unequal tail) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Canada and the United States.Phillips G., Schmid W., Underhill J. 1982. Fishes of the Minnesota Region ...
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Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...
, 1820)
(Silver redhorse) * '' Moxostoma ariommum'' C. R. Robins & Raney, 1956 (Bigeye jumprock) * '' Moxostoma austrinum'' T. H. Bean, 1880 (Mexican redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma breviceps Smallmouth redhorse (''Moxostoma breviceps'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Moxostoma ''Moxostoma'', the redhorses or jumprocks, is a genus of North American ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. Species * '' Moxosto ...
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Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870)
(Smallmouth redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma carinatum The river redhorse (''Moxostoma carinatum'') is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. They can range from 10 to 30 inches in length and can potentially reach a weight of more than ...
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Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870)
(River redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma cervinum ''Moxostoma cervinum'' (blacktip jumprock or black jumprock) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Moxostoma ''Moxostoma'', the redhorses or jumprocks, is a genus of North American ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. Specie ...
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Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1868)
(Blacktip jumprock) * ''
Moxostoma collapsum The notchlip redhorse (''Moxostoma collapsum'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Moxostoma''. Relationship with humans The world record notchlip redhorse stands at 1lb 4oz taken from the Green River in North Carolina Nor ...
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Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870)
(Notchlip redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma congestum The gray redhorse (''Moxostoma congestum'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. ...
'' ( S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854) (Gray redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma duquesni The black redhorse (''Moxostoma duquesni'', also ''duquesnii'', ''duquesnei'') is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and the eastern half of the United States, where it lives in streams and small to medium rivers. A bottom-feeder, ...
'' ( Lesueur, 1817) (Black redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma erythrurum 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 l ...
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Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...
, 1818)
(Golden redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma hubbsi The copper redhorse (''Moxostoma hubbsi'') is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found only in Canada. Its extremely small range, which is restricted to a few rivers in the lowlands of southwestern Que ...
'' V. Legendre, 1952 (Copper redhorse) * ''
Moxostoma lacerum The harelip sucker (''Moxostoma lacerum'') was a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It was found only in the United States. It is considered extinct as it has not been seen alive since 1893. Description Two mouth characteris ...
'' ( D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1877) (Harelip sucker) * '' Moxostoma lachneri'' C. R. Robins & Raney, 1956 (Greater jumprock) * ''
Moxostoma macrolepidotum The shorthead redhorse (''Moxostoma macrolepidotum'') is a wide-ranging species in North America. The shorthead redhorse is native to central and eastern North America. However, its range has expanded to include areas like the Hudson estuary and ...
'' ( Lesueur, 1817) (Shorthead redhorse) * '' Moxostoma mascotae''
Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1907
(Mascota jumprock) * ''
Moxostoma pappillosum The V-lip redhorse (''Moxostoma pappillosum'') is a species of freshwater catostomid fish from Eastern North America. It inhabits drainages on the Atlantic Slope between Virginia and South Carolina. Relationship with human The IGFA all tackl ...
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Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 1870)
(V-lip redhorse) * '' Moxostoma pisolabrum'' Trautman & R. G. Martin, 1951 (Pealip redhorse) * '' Moxostoma poecilurum'' ( D. S. Jordan, 1877) (Blacktail redhorse) * '' Moxostoma robustum'' (
Cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...
, 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

* *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. Catostomidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Catostomidae-stub