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redhorse

American  
[red-hawrs] / ˈrɛdˌhɔrs /

noun

  1. any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.


Etymology

Origin of redhorse

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; red 1 + horse


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The river carpsucker, golden redhorse, red shiner, fat-headed minnow, stoneroller, stonecat, and slender-headed darter also increased in abundance between 1957 and 1959.

From Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by James Everett Deacon

Golden redhorse showed a high rate of recapture.

From Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by James Everett Deacon

It seems that the golden redhorse is somewhat restricted in movement, at least for short periods.

From Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by James Everett Deacon

The following species were not consistently more abundant in one river than the other: big-mouthed buffalo, black buffalo, small-mouthed buffalo, short-headed redhorse, green sunfish, orange-spotted sunfish and orange-throated darter.

From Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by James Everett Deacon

The northern redhorse was taken only in downstream portions of the basin.

From Fishes of the Wakarusa River in Kansas by James E. Deacon

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