Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients

Hiodontidae

Goldeye

Hiodon alosiodes (Rafinesque), the goldeye, was reported by Kennicott from the "North Red River" (SI 1994). The year of this collection is unknown, but was probably around 1857. Woolman (1896) reported it from the Red River at Moorhead and Grand Forks and the Red Lake River at Crookston, where it was rare in the samples, and Hankinson (1928) reported it from the Red River near Pembina (Figure A4). Goldeye have been collected almost exclusively from the Red River by several investigators. A survey of the Sheyenne River near its confluence with the Red River in 1994 by NDSU (1994) found it as the most abundant species in gill net sets. It has occurred at 13% of sites in the RRV ecoregion (Table 4). The number of individuals in site collections has varied, ranging from 1-85 specimens.

Figure A4. Distribution of the goldeye in streams of the Red River of the North basin

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