Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Catostomidae > Moxostoma > Moxostoma lacerum

Moxostoma lacerum (Harelip sucker; hairlip redhorse)

Synonyms: Lagochila lacera
Language: Czech; Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The harelip sucker (Moxostoma lacerum) was a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family. It was found only in the United States. It is extinct and has not been seen alive since 1893.
View Wikipedia Record: Moxostoma lacerum

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Moxostoma lacerum

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  12 inches (31 cm)
Diet [2]  Omnivore, Planktivore

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0