Moxostoma erythrurum (Golden Redhorse) Fishes Native Transplant
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Common name: Golden Redhorse
Taxonomy: available through
www.itis.gov
Identification: Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994).
Size: 78 cm.
Native Range: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from New York and southern Ontario to North Dakota, and south to northern Alabama and southern Oklahoma, with an isolated population in southwestern Mississippi; Atlantic Slope from Potomac River, Maryland, to Roanoke River, North Carolina (absent in Rappahannock and York River drainages), and Mobile Bay drainage in Georgia, Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences:
Table 1. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of HUCs with observations†. Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records. The list of references for all nonindigenous occurrences of Moxostoma erythrurum are found here.
Table last updated 12/3/2024
† Populations may not be currently present.
Means of Introduction: Unknown. First appeared in the South Branch Potomac, West Virginia, in two tributaries in 1953. Not collected again until 1971. The first record from the Gauley system was in 1976 (Jenkins and Burkhead 1994).
Status: Established in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Impact of Introduction: The impacts of this species are currently unknown, as no studies have been done to determine how it has affected ecosystems in the invaded range. The absence of data does not equate to lack of effects. It does, however, mean that research is required to evaluate effects before conclusions can be made.
References: (click for full references)
Becker, G. C. 1983. Fishes of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.
Etnier, D. A., and W. C. Starnes. 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN.
Hocutt, C. H., R. E. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1986. Zoogeography of the fishes of the central Appalachians and central Atlantic Coastal Plain. Pages 161--212 in C. H. Hocutt, and E. O. Wiley, editors. The Zoogeography of North American Freshwater Fishes. John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY.
Jenkins, R. E., and N. M. Burkhead. 1994. Freshwater fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. The Peterson Field Guide Series, volume 42. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA.
Starnes, W.C., J. Odenkirk, and M.J. Ashton. 2011. Update and analysis of fish occurrences in the lower Potomac River drainage in the vicinity of Plummers Island, Maryland—Contribution XXXI to the natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124(4):280-309.
Stauffer, J. R., Jr., J. M. Boltz, and L. R. White. 1993. The fishes of West Virginia. West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. Unpublished manuscript. 1114 pp.
Tilmant, J. T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. National Park Service. 50 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Summary
Author:
Fuller, P.
Revision Date: 1/20/2012
Peer Review Date: 1/20/2012
Citation Information:
Fuller, P., 2024, Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818): U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL, https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=365, Revision Date: 1/20/2012, Peer Review Date: 1/20/2012, Access Date: 12/3/2024
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