Fish

Robust
Redhorse
Sucker
Average Measurements
● 25-31 in. in length
● 9-18 lbs

Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species: Robustum

In the News
In Bill Howard’s hometown creek, Redhorse
Sucker fish aren’t very popular. This year the
fish in abundance was the Redhorse Sucker.
The fish spawned and grew more than years
before.

General Information
● The Robust Redhorse Sucker fish
inhabits the Savannah, Altamaha, and
the Pee Dee rivers
● The Fish eats mollusks, aquatic insects,
and crustaceans

● Robust Redhorse Suckers spawn during

April through early July
○ the eggs stay in the gravel
until they’re fertilized, when
they hatch the eggs stay until
they are able to survive on
their own
● In the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources the Robust Redhorse Sucker
is listed as Endangered
● Conservation efforts include having a
population in captivity and having them
protected under the Endangered Species
Act (there are agreements with state and
federal resource agencies, private
industries, and the conservation
community) called a Memorandum of
Understanding
Sources
Derifaj, J. (2020). Robust Redhorse
Conservation Committee. Retrieved
September 15, 2020, from
Robustredhorse.com website:
http://www.robustredhorse.com/

‌ obust Redhorse Sucker - Georgia

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Aquarium. (2018). Retrieved September 15,
2020, from Georgia Aquarium website:
https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/ro
bust-redhorse-sucker/

‌ OWARD, B. (2020, March 22). BILL

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HOWARD: Redhorse sucker fish provide a
different kind of March Madness. Retrieved
September 15, 2020, from SCNow website:
https://scnow.com/fmn/bill-howard-
redhorse-sucker-fish-provide-a-different-
kind-of-march-madness/article_0a2f9297-
9373-58b7-b11d-5500553e3cf1.html

NatureServe Explorer 2.0. (2020). Retrieved

September 15, 2020, from Natureserve.org
website:
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELE
MENT_GLOBAL.2.100557/Moxostoma_ro
bustum

‌ onserving South Carolina’s At-Risk

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Species: Species facing threats to their
survival
www.fws.gov/southeast/endangered-species-
act/at-risk-species. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.fws.gov/southeast/pdf/fact-
sheet/robust-redhorse.pdf