Animal Diversity Web

Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Common mullet

(Also: Common redhorse; Northern redhorse; Red sucker; Short-headed mullet)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Cypriniformes
        
        Family Catostomidae (Suckers)
        
        Genus Moxostoma
        
        Species Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Common mullet)