They are bottom feeders, and probably their greatest importance is as food for game fish. They are used as food in the spring by some people. The distribution of this fish in New York is limited to several tributaries of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Distribution of the greater redhorse in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of greater redhorses were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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