The tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fish is endemic to the United States where it occurs in the Alabama River drainage in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tricolor 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
- Cyprinella pyrrhomelas
- Lythrurus ardens
- Cyprinella stigmatura
- Pteronotropis hypselopterus
- Cyprinella eurystoma
- Cyprinella callistia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Cyprinella
- Species
- Cyprinella trichroistia
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