Carolina Redhorse-a new species of Moxostoma (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from North Carolina and South Carolina, USA Author Hogue, Gabriela M. 0000-0003-4533-1404 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St., Raleigh NC 27601, USA gabriela.hogue@naturalsciences.org Author Tracy, Bryn H. 0009-0007-6661-5058 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St., Raleigh NC 27601, USA fieryblackshiner@gmail.com Author Raine, Jonathan A. Bremerton, WA, USA Author Hughes, Lily C. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St., Raleigh NC 27601, USA & Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 2800 Faucette Dr., North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27606, USA Author Jenkins, Robert E. Department of Biology, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153, USA Deceased text Zootaxa 2026 2026-03-05 5763 4 501 528 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.3 journal article 315381 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.3 803ecba2-ca02-4432-96c8-64632ccb95af 1175-5326 19191914 E419C5D2-157D-4435-A46F-2C34A344A168

TABLE 3. Distribution and variability of select meristic characters for seven species of Moxostoma along the Atlantic slope. Mode is bolded.

Circumferential Scales
	28	29	30	31		32	33	34		35	36	37		38	39	n
M. carolina sp. nov.						4	24	24		20	8					80
M. collapsum	2	4	2	13		54	34	20		17	6	2				154
M. pappillosum		5	13	32		43	5	3		1	0					102
M. erythrurum		1	7	19		30	24	8		2	3					94
M. macrolepidotum	2	5	21	26		41	21	19		9	2	1				147
M. robustum	3	17	48	20		4										92
M. sp. Brassy Jumprock						3	7	13		22	45	3		3	2	98
Circumferential Scales above Lateral Line
	11		12		13		14		15		16		17		n
M. carolina sp. nov.					5		35		40						80
M. collapsum	2		9		99		27		11		1				149
M. pappillosum			9		88		5								102
M. erythrurum			1		48		37		6						92
M. macrolepidotum	1		6		69		29		15		1		1		122
M. robustum	1		18		71		1								91
M. sp. Brassy Jumprock					5		21		68		4		1		99