Moxostoma robustum Cope, 1870:473
Robust redhorse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ptychostomus robustum Cope, 1870
Conservation Status
Last record: 1800's
Rediscovered in 1991
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cope, Edward Drinker. (1870). A partial synopsis of the fishes of the freshwaters of North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society II: 448-495.
Other references:
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