The orangefin shiner (Miniellus ammophilus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is widely distributed in the Mobile basin, below the Fall Line in Alabama and Mississippi, with disjunct populations occurring in the Yellow Creek system of the Tennessee River drainage in northern Mississippi, in the headwaters of the Hatchie River system in northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee, and the Skuna River system of the Yazoo drainage in northern Mississippi.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Orangefin 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
- Miniellus longirostris
- Ericymba amplamala
- Ericymba buccata
- Miniellus multicorniculatus
- Ericymba dorsalis
- Miniellus topeka
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Miniellus
- Species
- Miniellus ammophilus
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