redhorse suckers

Moxostoma ugidatli

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae

The sicklefin redhorse (Moxostoma ugidatli) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma. It is endemic to the southeastern United States, where it is known from a small section of the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern North Carolina and northern Georgia. Long known to the Cherokee people, it was only scientifically recognized as a distinct species in 1992, and only officially given a scientific name in 2025.

Distribution

redhorse suckers — (c) kirk gardner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 7

Sources and credits

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