The greenhead shiner (Hydrophlox chlorocephalus) is a North American cyprinid fish, found in the Catawba River system or the Santee River drainage in North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Greenhead 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
- Hydrophlox lutipinnis
- Hydrophlox rubricroceus
- Alburnops baileyi
- Pteronotropis cummingsae
- Pteronotropis harperi
- Pteronotropis metallicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Hydrophlox
- Species
- Hydrophlox chlorocephalus
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