Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Catostomidae | Moxostoma collapsum | (Cope) | 1870 | Notchlip Redhorse |
Moxostoma collapsum
Unique Characters: Circumpeduncle scales modally 12. Lower lip V-shaped, semi-papillose; its fine ridges (plicae) deeply, transversely, and somewhat irregularly dissected. Front of upper lip usually smooth, papillae absent. Lower lip usually abruptly thinned at a point distinctly anterior to it juncture with upper lip. Caudal peduncle deep. Restricted to major Atlantic slope River drainage basins.
Similar Species:
V-lip Redhorse
Moxostoma pappillosum
“Brassy” Jumprock
Moxostoma sp.
V-lip Redhorse Moxostoma pappillosum. Circumpeduncle scales modally 12. Lower lip V-shaped. Lower lip papillose, papillae rounded at edges, regularly arranged, small, and mostly subequal or equal in size. Front of upper lip papillose. Lower lip with smoothly curved posterior margin, not abruptly thinned at a point distinctly anterior to its juncture with upper lip. Dorsal fin margin of adults and large juveniles almost always slightly falcate or moderately concave. Caudal peduncle shallow.
“Brassy” Jumprock Moxostoma sp. Circumpeduncle scales modally 16. Lower lip with slight indentation, relatively straight.
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