Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Silver Redhorse

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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S2

Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: Yes

SWAP 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): Yes

2025 SGCN Priority Tier: Moderate Conservation Concern

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 7

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Large streams in Hiwassee River system (e.g., Brasstown Creek)

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SWAP 2025 Threat Matrix

	Threat 1	Threat 2	Threat 3
General Threat	Pollution	Pollution	None
Specific Threat	Domestic & urban waste water	Agricultural & forestry effluents	None

SWAP 2025 Conservation Actions:

• Action 1: Minimize impacts of urbanization on aquatic SGCN and habitats
• Action 2: Protect and restore riparian buffers in high priority watersheds
• Action 3: Complete a distributional survey to assess current range, conservation status or to identify best populations

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