Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma robustum), recorded as Endangered
Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Robust Redhorse

Moxostoma robustum

The robust redhorse is a redhorse-type fish that lives in the freshwater streams of the eastern United States.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Moxostoma robustum
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Catostomidae · Moxostoma

Appearance

M. Robustum's body is thick, or "robust", its fins are rose-colored, and it has a fleshy lower lip.

M. Robustum is a large, fairly long-living animal compared to other members of its family. The fish can weigh up to 17 pounds (7.7 kg) and live for up to 27 years, although it averages 25 inches (64 cm) in length and 9 pounds (4.1 kg) in weight.

Range and habitat

M. Robustum is found in the eastern United States from the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina's Peedee River drainage, south to the Oconee River system, part of Georgia's Altamaha River drainage.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Robust Redhorse is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Robust Redhorse, Wikidata item Q3763241. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Robust Redhorse?
The robust redhorse is a redhorse-type fish that lives in the freshwater streams of the eastern United States.
What is the conservation status of Robust Redhorse?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Moxostoma robustum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Robust Redhorse live?
M. Robustum is found in the eastern United States from the Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina's Peedee River drainage, south to the Oconee River system, part of Georgia's Altamaha River drainage.
Why is Robust Redhorse in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Moxostoma robustum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Robust Redhorse a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.