The coastal shiner (Alburnops petersoni) 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 Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from the Cape Fear and Waccamaw river drainages, North Carolina, south to southern Florida, and west to Jordan River in Mississippi.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Coastal 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
- Alburnops texanus
- Miniellus procne
- Alburnops xaenocephalus
- Miniellus heterodon
- Alburnops chalybaeus
- Pteronotropis cummingsae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Alburnops
- Species
- Alburnops petersoni
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