Fishing for Carolina redhorse

Moxostoma carolina

The Carolina redhorse is a medium to large sucker with tightly folded lips and brownish back and sides with a coppery or brassy sheen above a pale belly. Its paired fins are brownish orange. It reaches about 23 inches and 3 pounds. Adults favor deep, sluggish Piedmont and Coastal Plain rivers with silt-sand bottoms and woody debris. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Freshwater

IUCN Status

Not evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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