Fundulus
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Fundulus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Fundulidae. Many of the 40-odd species are commonly known as killifish, studfish, or topminnows.[1]
Species
FishBase lists 41 species:[2]
- Whiteline topminnow, Fundulus albolineatus Gilbert, 1891.
- Fundulus auroguttatus (Hay, 1885).
- Bermuda killifish, Fundulus bermudae Günther, 1874.
- Stippled studfish, Fundulus bifax Cashner & Rogers, 1988.
- Western starhead topminnow, Fundulus blairae Wiley & Hall, 1975.
- Northern studfish, Fundulus catenatus (Storer, 1846).
- Golden topminnow, Fundulus chrysotus (Günther, 1866).
- Banded topminnow, Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846.
- Marsh killifish, Fundulus confluentus Goode & Bean, 1879.
- Banded killifish, Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus (Lesueur, 1817).
- Fundulus diaphanus menona Jordan & Copeland, 1877.
- Starhead topminnow, Fundulus dispar (Agassiz, 1854).
- Russetfin topminnow, Fundulus escambiae (Bollman, 1887).
- Broadstripe topminnow, Fundulus euryzonus Suttkus & Cashner, 1981.
- Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis Baird & Girard, 1853.
- Giant killifish, Fundulus grandissimus Hubbs, 1936.
- Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766).
- Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus Walbaum, 1792.
- Saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann, 1892).
- Barrens topminnow, Fundulus julisia Williams & Etnier, 1982.
- Northern plains killifish, Fundulus kansae Garman, 1895.
- Killifish, Fundulus lima Vaillant, 1894.
- Lined topminnow, Fundulus lineolatus (Agassiz, 1854).
- Spotfin killifish, Fundulus luciae (Baird, 1855).
- Striped killifish, Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792).
- Blackstripe topminnow, Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820).
- Bayou topminnow, Fundulus notti (Agassiz, 1854).
- Blackspotted topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus (Storer, 1845).
- California killifish, Fundulus parvipinnis Girard, 1854.
- Yucatan killifish, Fundulus persimilis Miller, 1955.
- Bayou killifish, Fundulus pulvereus (Evermann, 1892).
- Speckled killifish, Fundulus rathbuni Jordan & Meek, 1889.
- Lover's Lake killifish, Fundulus relictus Able & Felley, 1988.
- Redface topminnow, Fundulus rubrifrons (Jordan, 1880).
- Fundulus saguanus Rivas, 1948.
- Plains topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus Cope, 1865.
- Seminole killifish, Fundulus seminolis Girard, 1859.
- Longnose killifish, Fundulus similis (Baird & Girard, 1853).
- Southern studfish, Fundulus stellifer (Jordan, 1877).
- Waccamaw killifish, Fundulus waccamensis Hubbs & Raney, 1946.
- Plains killifish, Fundulus zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883.
References
- Fundulus (TSN 165644). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
- "Fundulus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fundulus". Image Credit.
