Biology:V-lip redhorse

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Short description: Species of fish

V-lip redhorse
FMIB 34276 Moxostoma papillosum (Cope) Sucker White mullet (Ga) White sucker (Ga) Shiner (Ga).jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species:
M. pappillosum
Binomial name
Moxostoma pappillosum
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Ptychostomus pappillosus Cope, 1870

The V-lip redhorse (Moxostoma pappillosum) is a species of freshwater catostomid fish from Eastern North America. It inhabits drainages on the Atlantic Slope between Virginia and South Carolina.

Relationship with human

The IGFA all tackle world record for the species stands at 1lb 0oz taken from the Green River in North Carolina in 2018.[2]

Footnotes

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3761247 entry