| Golden redhorse | |
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| Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Moxostoma |
| Species: | M. erythrurum
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| Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)
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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.
- ^ NatureServe (2015). "Moxostoma erythrurum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T202165A76571620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T202165A76571620.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.