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title: "Golden Redhorse"
description: "Moxostoma erythrurum — Peixes. The golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and Manitoba in Canada and the Midwestern, southern, and eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/golden-redhorse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Golden Redhorse

> Moxostoma erythrurum — Peixes. The golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and Manitoba in Canada and the Midwestern, southern, and eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Moxostoma erythrurum*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 1375
- Wikidata: [Q287368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287368)
- iNaturalist taxon: [106212](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/106212)

## Names

- en: Golden Redhorse
- fr: Chevalier doré

## Countries with the most observations

US (1077), CA (126)

## Summary

The golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and Manitoba in Canada and the Midwestern, southern, and eastern United States. It lives in calm, often silty or sandy waters in streams, small to large rivers, and lakes.
A bottom-feeder, it feeds on microcrustaceans, aquatic insects, detritus, algae, and small mollusks. The golden redhorse spawns in the spring.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_redhorse

## Photo

![Golden Redhorse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-redhorse/medium.jpg)

Photo: scott_young · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236574485

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/golden-redhorse?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).