Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 823
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Golden redhorse”.