Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Moxostoma erythrurum · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 78 cm
The golden redhorse is a demersal catostomid of mud-bottomed to rock-bottomed pools, runs and riffles in creeks and small to large rivers, and it is occasionally found in lakes. It feeds on immature mayflies, caddisflies and midges. Maximum length is about 78 cm total length, commonly about 29 cm, and it can live 11 years. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 48 of 100 and resilience low. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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