Greater jumprock

Species of fish

Greater jumprock
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Genus: Moxostoma
Species:
M. lachneri
Binomial name
Moxostoma lachneri
C. R. Robins & Raney, 1956
Synonyms
  • Scartomyzon lachneri (Robins & Raney, 1956)

The greater jumprock (Moxostoma lachneri) is a riverine species of catostomid fish native to Georgia and Alabama in North America.

Relationship with humans

The world record for greater jumprock stands at 1lb 4oz taken from the Flint River in Georgia, USA in 2012.

Footnotes

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Moxostoma lachneri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T202166A18233309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202166A18233309.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Moxostoma lachneri". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Moxostoma lachneri


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