Distribution of the Silver Redhorse, Moxostoma anisurum (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae), in Arkansas

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.514-518
Main Authors: McAllister, Chris T, Starnes, Wayne C, Robison, Henry W, Jenkins, Robert E, Raley, Morgan E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catostomidae
Coastal plains
Colleges & universities
Cypriniformes
Dams
Demographic aspects
Environmental aspects
Fishes, Fresh-water
Fragaria
Freshwater fishes
Highlands
Hybopsis amnis
Moxostoma anisurum
Moxostoma pisolabrum
Museums
Reviews
River basins
Riverine habitats
Rivers
Silver
Species
Wilderness areas
Young animals
Zoology
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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
DOI:10.1894/GG-36.1