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The blacktail redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma. The blacktail redhorse occupies North America, being located throughout Mississippi River tributaries on the former Mississippi Embayment, ranging from Southern Kentucky to Galveston Bay in Texas.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Blacktail Redhorse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Moxostoma duquesnei
- Moxostoma breviceps
- Minytrema melanops
- Moxostoma collapsum
- Moxostoma congestum
- Moxostoma cervinum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Catostomidae
- Genus
- Moxostoma
- Species
- Moxostoma poecilurum
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