The Tuskaloosa darter (Etheostoma douglasi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to Alabama in the United States, where it occurs only in the upper Black Warrior River drainage, with disjunct populations occurring in the Locust Fork system and upper Sipsey Fork systems.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tuskaloosa Darter 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
- Nothonotus jordani
- Etheostoma radiosum
- Nothonotus camurus
- Nothonotus bellus
- Nothonotus rufilineatus
- Nothonotus juliae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Percidae
- Genus
- Nothonotus
- Species
- Nothonotus douglasi
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