Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gulf Kingcroaker 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
- Menticirrhus americanus
- Micropogonias furnieri
- Menticirrhus undulatus
- Sciaenops ocellatus
- Cynoscion arenarius
- Menticirrhus saxatilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Menticirrhus
- Species
- Menticirrhus littoralis
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