The rough shiner (Alburnops baileyi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont areas from Leaf and Chickasawhay rivers of the Pascagoula River drainage in Mississippi, east through the Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama to the lower Tallapoosa River system, and the Bear Creek system in the Tennessee River drainage.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Rough 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
- Paranotropis leuciodus
- Alburnops petersoni
- Alburnops texanus
- Alburnops xaenocephalus
- Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
- Hydrophlox lutipinnis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Alburnops
- Species
- Alburnops baileyi
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