Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients
Catostomidae
Shorthead Redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur), the shorthead redhorse, was reported by Woolman (1896) from the Red, Park, Sheyenne, Buffalo, and Red Lake Rivers where it was abundant in the samples (Figure A15). Other early records are provided by Hankinson (1928), who listed M. lesueurii from the Red and Sheyenne Rivers, Olson (1932), who collected it from the Buffalo River, and Deason and Nelson, who reported it from the Mud River, a tributary to lower Red Lake, in 1938 (UMMZ 1994). The shorthead redhorse has been most common in the Red, Sheyenne, Otter Tail, Buffalo, Red Lake, Clearwater, and Roseau Rivers and the Wild Rice River in Minnesota. It is the most common member of its genus in the Red River basin, having been found at 26% of stream sites sampled since 1962 (Table 4), and can be relatively abundant in site collections, with 50 or more individuals taken at times.
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