Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Catostomidae > Moxostoma > Moxostoma congestum

Moxostoma congestum (gray jumprock; Gray redhorse)

Synonyms: Catostomus congestus; Moxostoma campbelli; Scartomyzon congestus; Scartomyzon congestus congestus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The gray redhorse (Moxostoma congestum) is a species of freshwater fish in the Catostomidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  26 inches (65 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  25,000
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Diet [2]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [1]  4 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bandelier National Monument V 8107 New Mexico, United States

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lissorchis hypentelii[3]
Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli[3]
Spiroxys contortus[3]

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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
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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