Northern Starhead Topminnow

The Starhead topminnow (Fundulus dispar) is a native United States species that ranges from the Ouachita River drainage in Louisiana, the Big Black river in Mississippi, and extends northward into the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan basins to the southern Michigan and southern Wisconsin areas. The Starhead topminnow is endangered due to the removal of aquatic vegetation and the continued development of land that infringes on its habitat.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Northern Starhead Topminnow 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

• Fundulus blairae
• Fundulus nottii
• Gambusia rhizophorae
• Fundulus chrysotus
• Jenynsia lineata
• Fundulus escambiae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cyprinodontiformes

Family

Fundulidae

Genus

Fundulus

Species

Fundulus dispar

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