V-lip redhorse
Species of fish
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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.
| V-lip redhorse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Catostomidae |
| Genus: | Moxostoma |
| Species: | M. pappillosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Moxostoma pappillosum (Cope, 1870) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]