Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Familia: Catostomidae
Subfamilia: Catostominae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Taxonavigation: Catostomoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo:Catostomoidei

Name

Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)

Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Type locality: Delaware River, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Etymology: macro- (= long); lepida (= scale), probably referring to how dark scale bases make scales appear larger than they are. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Catostomus macrolepidotus Lesueur, 1817
Catostomus aureolus Lesueur, 1817
Catastomus lesueurii Richardson, 1823
Cyprinus (Catostomus) sueurii Richardson, 1837
- Cyprinus sueurii Richardson, 1837
Catostomus oneida DeKay, 1842
Ptychostomus haydeni Girard, 1856
Ptychostomus conus Cope, 1870
Ptychostomus coregonus Cope, 1870
Ptychostomus crassilabris Cope, 1870
Ptychostomus lachrymalis Cope, 1870

Vernacular names

English: Shorthead Redhorse

References

Hatry, C., Thiem, J.D., Hatin, D., Dumont, P., Smokorowski, K.E. & Cooke, S.J. 2016. Fishway approach behaviour and passage of three redhorse species (Moxostoma anisurum, M. carinatum, and M. macrolepidotum) in the Richelieu River, Quebec. Environmental Biology of Fishes 99: 249–263. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-016-0471-3Reference page.
Lesueur, C.A. 1817. A new genus of fishes, of the order Abdominales, proposed, under the name of Catostomus; and the characters of this genus, with those of its species, indicated. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1(1), 5/6: 88–96 (6 pls.), 102–111 (3 pls.) BHL Reference page.

Links

Moxostoma macrolepidotum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Moxostoma macrolepidotum in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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