http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu/index.php?page=speciespages/species_page&key=moxorobu Web(1993). Mter discovery of robust redhorse in 1991, a review of archaeological records showed robust redhorse (RRH) remains collected from the Savannah River, Georgia, and Yadkin River, North Carolina. Currently, the Oconee River contains the largest known population. Systematic attempts to locate other populations in the his-Bull.
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WebThe robust redhorse is classified as Endangered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, a Species of Special Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and has recently been petitioned for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (RRCC 2010a). http://www.robustredhorse.com/f/factsheet.pdf gastone mountain snf llc
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WebThe robust redhorse is considered an imperiled species because of the large apparent reduction in species' range and abundance. Even if the robust redhorse persists in the Pee Dee as well as the Savannah and Altamaha drainages, abundances are dramatically reduced compared to E. D. Cope's (1870) accounts of fishery catches of the sucker. WebThe robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum) is a redhorse-type fish that lives in the freshwater streams of the eastern United States. ... In August 1991, biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources officially rediscovered the species when five specimens of the fish were collected in the Oconee River, ... WebThe robust redhorse is a large sucker native to the southern Atlantic slope, both in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain rivers of NC, SC, and GA. This species was “lost to science” for over 120 years after its initial description … david simonich bands