Silver redhorse
| Silver redhorse | |
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| Species: | M. anisurum
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| Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)
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The silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic in Canada from Quebec to Alberta and in the United States in the Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River, Ohio River, and 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, algea, detritus, immature insects, and other small organisms.
References
- "Moxostoma anisurum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 June.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Moxostoma anisurum". FishBase. November 2005 version.
NatureServe - Moxostoma anisurum
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