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Smallmouth Redhorse

Moxostoma breviceps

Catostomidae · freshwater water fish

1 minute read · Species guide

Smallmouth Redhorse field guide illustration

About Smallmouth Redhorse

Smallmouth redhorse (Moxostoma breviceps) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.

NativeFresh13 states

Range

Where it lives

Share of 587 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 13 states. The orange dots are USGS stream-survey sites where this species was caught.
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Share of 587 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 13 states. The orange dots are USGS stream-survey sites where this species was caught.

A blank area on the dot layer usually means nobody sampled there, not that the fish is absent. Turn on “every survey site” to see where the survey looked.

Share of records by state

The USGS stream survey caught it at 499 of its sites, in 9 states. That survey and the GBIF records are two different counts of two different things, so the site keeps them apart.

Habitat

Water and movement

Water
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Migration
Migratory
Pattern

Classification

Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Superclass
Actinopterygii
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Catostomidae
Genus
Moxostoma
Species
Moxostoma breviceps
ITIS TSN
163929
WoRMS AphiaID
1049474
GBIF key
2358962

Common questions about Smallmouth Redhorse

What is the scientific name of Smallmouth Redhorse?
The scientific name is Moxostoma breviceps, in the family Catostomidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Smallmouth Redhorse live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Smallmouth Redhorse been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 13 states, with the most records in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.

Closest relatives

Other Moxostoma species

Bigeye Jumprock3 states
Moxostoma ariommumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Black Redhorse
Moxostoma duquesneiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Blacktail Redhorse9 states
Moxostoma poecilurumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Blacktip Jumprock7 states
Moxostoma cervinumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Golden Redhorse29 states
Moxostoma erythrurumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Gray Redhorse2 states
Moxostoma congestumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greater Jumprock4 states
Moxostoma lachneriCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greater Redhorse11 states
Moxostoma valenciennesiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Mexican Redhorse1 states
Moxostoma austrinumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Notchlip Redhorse4 states
Moxostoma collapsumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Pealip Redhorse4 states
Moxostoma pisolabrumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
River Redhorse23 states
Moxostoma carinatumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Robust Redhorse3 states
Moxostoma robustumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Shorthead Redhorse32 states
Moxostoma macrolepidotumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Silver Redhorse22 states
Moxostoma anisurumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Striped Jumprock6 states
Moxostoma rupiscartesCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
V-lip Redhorse3 states
Moxostoma pappillosumCatostomidaeNativeFresh

Same family

More Catostomidae

Alabama Hog Sucker6 states
Hypentelium etowanumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bigeye Jumprock3 states
Moxostoma ariommumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Bigmouth Buffalo26 states
Ictiobus cyprinellusCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Black Buffalo26 states
Ictiobus nigerCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Black Redhorse
Moxostoma duquesneiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Blackfin Sucker2 states
Thoburnia atripinnisCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Blacktail Redhorse9 states
Moxostoma poecilurumCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Blacktip Jumprock7 states
Moxostoma cervinumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blue Sucker22 states
Cycleptus elongatusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Bluehead Sucker7 states
Pantosteus discobolusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Bridgelip Sucker5 states
Catostomus columbianusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Creek Chubsucker31 states
Erimyzon oblongusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Cui-ui2 states
Chasmistes cujusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Desert Sucker9 states
Pantosteus clarkiiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Flannelmouth Sucker8 states
Catostomus latipinnisCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Golden Redhorse29 states
Moxostoma erythrurumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Gray Redhorse2 states
Moxostoma congestumCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greater Jumprock4 states
Moxostoma lachneriCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greater Redhorse11 states
Moxostoma valenciennesiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Green Sucker4 states
Pantosteus virescensCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Highfin Carpsucker23 states
Carpiodes veliferCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh
June Sucker1 states
Chasmistes liorusCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Klamath Largescale Sucker2 states
Catostomus snyderiCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Klamath Smallscale Sucker2 states
Catostomus rimiculusCatostomidaeNativeFresh

All 67 species in Catostomidae