Its common names include big-sawed sucker, river mullet, greater redhorse, redfin redhorse and redhorse sucker. Adult or larger shorthead redhorse are eaten by northern pike and muskellunge. Many of them are considered threatened or endangered as copper redhorse, river redhorse and sturgeon. Sometimes it competes with other sucker species and redhorse for breeding habitat. Monogenea parasites have been found in the gills of the silver redhorse. High quality copper redhorse habitat is in decline. In Canada, the golden redhorse is endemic to Manitoba and Ontario. Additionally the Silver red horse is more deep bodied than the golden or black redhorse. However, the silver redhorse is listed as threatened in the Strawberry River basin in Arkansas. The golden redhorse can be cooked smoked or pickled. Its small size limits the appeal of shorthead redhorse as a game fish. As of 2002 there was no management plan for the shorthead redhorse. Some schools may include a mixture of different redhorse species.