Mooneye

Hiodon tergisus

About This Fish

The Mooneye is found from Gulf Coast drainages, including the Mobile Basin, the Mississippi River Drainage, including the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages, extending north to Hudson Bay drainages in Canada. Construction of dams has greatly reduced the range of this migratory species. They are found in open waters of medium to large rivers and tolerate turbidity. Mooneyes have a deep silvery body with a fleshy keel along their belly. As the common name suggests, Mooneyes have large silvery eyes that resembles the moon.

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Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Tennessee (TN), Georgia (GA), North Carolina (NC), Kentucky (KY)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Noxubee – 03160108, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Stones – 05130203, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

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