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I am ichthyologist and evolutionary ecologist. My main areas of study are Loricariidae (plecos), Cyprinifornes (minnows, barbs, and suckers), and North American Cavefishes. I am the director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History.
The Apalachicola Redhorse was just described as Moxostoma antelunare by Dan Akin, Bob Jenkins, and myself. Here is a nice live shot by Dave Werneke.
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Apalachicola Redhorse was just described as Moxostoma antelunare by Dan Akin, Bob Jenkins, and myself. Here is a nice live shot by Dave Werneke.
Continuing with this Suck-ery year, we just had a paper published describing some fossils of what appear to be the Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi). The Copper Redhorse is known today from the St. Lawrence River around Montreal and is endangered. www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10....
Evidence for a Greater Pleistocene Distribution for the Copper Redhorse in North America (Catostomidae: Moxostoma hubbsi)
A pharyngeal jaw and loose pharyngeal teeth from Prairie Creek, Indiana, and loose pharyngeal teeth and two basioccipital pharyngeal processes from Bell Cave, Alabama, appear to be those of Moxostoma ...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Continuing with this Suck-ery year, we just had a paper published describing some fossils of what appear to be the Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi). The Copper Redhorse is known today from the St. Lawrence River around Montreal and is endangered. www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10....
The Sicklefin Redhorse description came out today as Moxostoma ugidatli. I might have led it to completion, but it is really Bob Jenkins’ legacy and done in honor of the Cherokee who really discovered it. Https://doi.org/10.1643/i2024049.
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Sicklefin Redhorse description came out today as Moxostoma ugidatli. I might have led it to completion, but it is really Bob Jenkins’ legacy and done in honor of the Cherokee who really discovered it. Https://doi.org/10.1643/i2024049.
New genus for the Blackfin Sucker, it is now Vexillichthys atripinnis. The species is only known from the Barren River of Kentucky and Tennessee and is related to the Hogsuckers and Torrent Suckers. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
November 16, 2024 at 1:06 PM
New genus for the Blackfin Sucker, it is now Vexillichthys atripinnis. The species is only known from the Barren River of Kentucky and Tennessee and is related to the Hogsuckers and Torrent Suckers. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...