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Name: |
Black Redhorse |
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Other Common
Names: |
Black horse, black mullet, finescale mullet, finescale redhorse, white sucker, blue sucker |
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Scientific Name: |
Moxostoma duquesnei |
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Diet: |
Feed on insects and small mollusks |
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Habitat: |
Prefers clear rivers and medium-sized streams with gravelly riffles and permanent pools |
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Length: |
Average is 10 inches |
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Identification: |
Body is long and slender. Back is dark olive green with sides golden to brassy and belly whitish. Caudal and dorsal fins are slate colored with lower fins orange to reddish orange. Scales without dark spots. |
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Photo Courtesy of |
Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History |
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Text Courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B.
Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |