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Blacktail Redhorse

Moxostoma poecilurum

Classification

The blacktail redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma. The blacktail redhorse occupies North America, being located throughout Mississippi River tributaries on the former Mississippi Embayment, ranging from Southern Kentucky to Galveston Bay in Texas. Description Like other Moxostoma, the blacktail redhorse has a long and cylindrical body.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 248