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Fish Species Description

Harelip sucker

Moxostoma lacerum

(Jordan & Brayton, 1877)

Classification

Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Alternate Names:

Status: Extinct

Freshwater

Notes:

This species is considered globally extinct. The type locality is near Ringgold, Georgia, but the species once ranged widely throughout the central and southern United States.


An image of the lips of a preserved harelip sucker.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurred in the Tennessee River Basin.

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