Moxostoma anisurum

Moxostoma anisurum

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo:Catostomoidei

Familia: Catostomidae
Subfamilia: Catostominae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Moxostoma anisurum

Name

Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)

• No types known.

Type locality: Ohio River, U.S.A.

Etymology: anisos (= unequal); oura (= tail), referring to upper lobe of tail being narrower and longer than lower. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Catostomus anisurus Rafinesque, 1820
• Ptychostomus thalassinus Cope, 1870
• Ptychostomus velatus Cope, 1870

Vernacular names

English: Silver Redhorse

References

• Hatry, C., Thiem, J.D., Hatin, D., Dumont, P., Smokorowski, K.E. & Cooke, S.J. 2016. Fishway approach behaviour and passage of three redhorse species (Moxostoma anisurum, M. carinatum, and M. macrolepidotum) in the Richelieu River, Quebec. Environmental Biology of Fishes 99: 249–263. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-016-0471-3Reference page. 
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine 2(4): 235–242. Reference page. 

Links

• Moxostoma anisurum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Moxostoma anisurum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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