The silverstripe shiner (Notropis stilbius) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is endemic to the United States where it is widespread in Mobile Bay drainage in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Silverstripe Shiner 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
- Notropis photogenis
- Miniellus greenei
- Notropis micropteryx
- Notropis amabilis
- Notropis percobromus
- Paranotropis leuciodus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Species
- Notropis stilbius
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