V-lip redhorse

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V-lip redhorse
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species:
M. pappillosum
Binomial name
Moxostoma pappillosum
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Ptychostomus pappillosus Cope, 1870

The V-lip redhorse (Moxostoma pappillosum) is a species of freshwater catostomid fish from Eastern North America. It inhabits drainages on the between Virginia and South Carolina.

Relationship with human[]

The IGFA all tackle world record for the species stands at 1lb 0oz taken from the Green River in North Carolina in 2018.[2]

Footnotes[]

References[]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Moxostoma pappillosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202254A18233961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202254A18233961.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Redhorse, v-lip". igfa.org. International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 17 May 2019.


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