Distribution of the silver redhorse, Moxostoma anisurum

The silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum is listed as threatened and considered critically imperiled (S1) in Arkansas by the Nature Conservancy. Only 12 records comprising 23 specimens of this species from five rivers are known from the state. A recent record is from the Strawberry River in Lawrence C...

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Published in:The Southwestern naturalist 2009-12, Vol.54 (4), p.514
Main Authors: McAllister, Chris T, Starnes, Wayne C, Robison, Henry W, Jenkins, Robert E, Raley, Morgan E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Demographic aspects
Environmental aspects
Fishes, Fresh-water
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Summary:The silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum is listed as threatened and considered critically imperiled (S1) in Arkansas by the Nature Conservancy. Only 12 records comprising 23 specimens of this species from five rivers are known from the state. A recent record is from the Strawberry River in Lawrence County during 2007; it and other records in Arkansas are reviewed. In 2007, 26 species of fish were collected with the silver redhorse, including the first vouchered specimens of the pealip redhorse Moxostoma pisolabrum and the pallid shiner Hybopsis amnis from the Strawberry River.
ISSN:0038-4909
1943-6262