Blacktail redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Moxostoma poecilurum · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 51 cm
The blacktail redhorse is a demersal catostomid of sandy and rocky pools, runs and riffles in small to medium rivers, and it is also found in impoundments. It feeds on detritus, diatoms and a wide variety of small invertebrates including microcrustacea, rotifers, caddisfly larvae and phantom midge larvae. Maximum length is about 51 cm total length, commonly about 26 cm. It is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 50 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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