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V-lip redhorse

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The V-lip redhorse (Moxostoma pappillosum) is a species of freshwater catostomid fish from Eastern North America. It inhabits drainages on the Atlantic Slope between Virginia and South Carolina.

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V-lip redhorse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species:
M. pappillosum
Binomial name
Moxostoma pappillosum
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Ptychostomus pappillosus Cope, 1870
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Relationship with human

The IGFA all tackle world record for the species stands at 0.45 kg (1 lb 0 oz) taken from the Green River in North Carolina in 2018.[2]

Footnotes

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Moxostoma pappillosum". FishBase.

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