Pealip redhorse

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Pealip redhorse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species:
M. pisolabrum
Binomial name
Moxostoma pisolabrum

The pealip redhorse (Moxostoma pisolabrum) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma .

Footnotes

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Moxostoma pisolabrum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2013: e.T202255A18232868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202255A18232868.en . Retrieved 5 January 2018.


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