Telestes muticellus, the Italian riffle dace, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species and the Western riffle dace or souffia (T. souffia) are both sometimes called vairone and were previously considered conspecific. This fish is found in northern Italy and Slovenia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Italian Riffle Dace 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
- Hesperoleucus venustus
- Hesperoleucus symmetricus
- Squalius alburnoides
- Richardsonius egregius
- Achondrostoma oligolepis
- Alburnoides eichwaldii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Telestes
- Species
- Telestes muticellus
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