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Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Silver redhorse
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Common names: Chevalier blanc, Silver mullet, Silver redhorse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Alberta to Quebec (Ref. 52559). Also Ref. 5273.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Silver mullet, Suceur blanc, Chevalier blanc, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Catostomidae (Suckers) > Catostominae
Etymology: Moxostoma: Greek, myxo = to suckle + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335);  anisurum: From the words aniso, meaning unequal; and urum, tail (referring to the asymmetry of the caudal fin lobes) (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Rafinesque.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Temperate; 54°N - 32°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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