Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Catostomidae > Moxostoma > Moxostoma duquesniiMoxostoma duquesnii (Black redhorse)Synonyms: Catostomus duquesnii; Moxostoma alleghaniensis; Moxostoma duquesnei; Moxotoma duquesneri; Placopharynx duquesnii Language: Czech; Danish; Mandarin Chinese The black redhorse (Moxostoma duquesni), (or duquesnii) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and the eastern half of the United States, where it lives in streams and small to medium rivers. A bottom-feeder, it feeds on microcrustaceans, aquatic insects, detritus, and algae. The black redhorse spawns in the spring. This species has been identified as Threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). It is currently being considered for listing under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). |
Adult Length [1] | 20 inches (51 cm) | Brood Dispersal [1] | In the open | Brood Egg Substrate [1] | Lithophils (rock-gravel) | Brood Guarder [1] | No | Litter Size [1] | 17,252 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 10 years | | Adult Weight [2] | 2.756 lbs (1.25 kg) | | Diet [3] | Planktivore, Detritivore, Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Female Maturity [1] | 3 years | Male Maturity [2] | 3 years |
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Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
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59947 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
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20001 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Wilson's Creek National Battlefield |
V |
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Missouri, United States |
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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. ♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 3Myers, 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 |
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
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