V-lip redhorse

V-lip redhorse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Catostomidae
Genus:	Moxostoma
Species:	M. pappillosum
Binomial name
	Moxostoma pappillosum; (Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
	Ptychostomus pappillosus Cope, 1870;

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.

Relationship with human

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

Footnotes

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Moxostoma pappillosum" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

References

NatureServe (2013). "Moxostoma pappillosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202254A18233961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202254A18233961.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"Redhorse, v-lip". igfa.org. International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] NatureServe (2013). "Moxostoma pappillosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202254A18233961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202254A18233961.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "Redhorse, v-lip". igfa.org. International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 17 May 2019.