Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus

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Overview

Family : Topminnows and killifishes ; Inhabits shallow, quiet margins of lakes , ponds and sluggish streams , usually over sand or mud and often near vegetation. Swims in schools a few inches below surface of water. 13 cm max TL [1]. Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium [2].

Common Names

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Description

Family Fundulidae

Distribution: lowlands of North and Middle America from southeastern Canada to Yucatan, including the Mississippi River drainage , Bermuda and Cuba. Many species euryhaline . Interior (ventral arms of maxillaries directed anteriorly, often with pronounced hooks; maxilla twisted, not straight.The family Fundulidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cyprinodontiformes. It contains 5 genera and 48 species. It may be found in Marine , Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Secondary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 53° n to 18° s and 120° w to 54° e. Etymology of this family name : Latin, fundus = bottom

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,810 meters (0 to 9,219 feet).[3]

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur, 1817)
2. Fundulus extensus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
3. Fundulus multifaciatus (Le Sueur, 1817)
4. Hydrargira diaphana Lesueur, 1817
5. Hydrargira multifaciata Le Sueur, 1817

Misapplied Names

1. Fundulus pisculentus (non Mitchill, 1815)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Fundulus

There are approximately 140 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

F. adinia · F. albolineatus (Whiteline Topminnow) · F. antillarum · F. arlingtonius · F. arnoldi · F. aureus · F. auroguttatus (Banded Topminnow) · F. balboae · Fundulopanchax batesii · F. bermudae (Bermuda Killifish) · F. bifax (Stippled Studfish) · Aphyosemion bitaeniatum · F. blairae (Southern Starhead Topminnow) · F. brasiliensis · F. cadenatus · F. caeruleus · F. catenatus (Northern Squawfish) · F. chrysotus (Golden Toothless Trevally) · F. cingulatus (Banded Topminnow) · F. heteroclitus subsp. heteroclitus · F. confluentus (Marsh Killifish) · F. cingulatus · F. cubensis · F. daiphanus · F. diaphannus · F. diaphanus (Banded Killifish) · F. diaphanus diaphanus (Banded Killifish) · F. diaphanus menona · F. diphanus · F. dispar (Northern Starhead Topminnow) · F. dispar dispar (Northern Starhead Topminnow) · F. dovii · F. dugesii · F. escambiae (Eastern Starhead Topminnow) · F. euryzonus (Broadstripe Topminnow) · F. extensus · F. majalis · F. floridensis · F. floripinnis · F. fonticola · F. funduloides · F. fuscus · F. gardneri · F. goodei · F. grandis (Gulf Killifish) · F. grandissimus (Giant Killifish) · F. grandis grandis (Gulf Killifish) · F. grandis saguanus (Southern Gulf Killifish) · F. guatemalensis · Nothobranchius melanospilus · Fundulopanchax batesii · F. gularis caerulea · F. guttatus · F. henshalli · F. heterclitus · F. heteroclitus (Mummichog) · F. heteroclitus badius · F. heteroclitus bermudae · F. heteroclitus heteroclitus (Killifish) · F. heteroclitus macrolepidotus · F. hetroclitus · F. hispanicus · Gambusia affinis · F. jenkinsi (Saltmarsh Topminnow) · F. julisia (Barrens Topminnow) · F. kansae (Northern Plains Killifish) · F. labialis · F. lima (Baja California Killifish) · F. limbatus · F. lineatus · F. lineolatus (Lined Topminnow) · F. luciae (Spotfin Killifish) · F. macdonaldi · F. macrolepidotus · F. majalis (Striped Killifish) · F. meeki · F. melanospilus · F. menona · F. micropus · F. mudfish · F. multifasciatus · F. neumanni · F. nisorius · F. notalus · F. notatus (Blackstripe Topminnow) · F. notti · F. nottii (Southern Starhead Topminnow) · Profundulus punctatus · F. ocellaris · F. ocellaris confluentis · F. olivaceous · F. olivaceus (Blackspotted Topminnow) · Nothobranchius taeniopygus · F. pachycephalus · F. pallidus · Nothobranchius patrizii · F. palmqvisti · F. paraguayensis · F. paruipinnis · F. parvipinnis (California Killifish)

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 855.
• Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick 1997. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xi + 324. ISBN: 1-56098-638-7.
• Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 5, 2007.
• Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2492639
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-122342
• Fishbase Species ID: 3190
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13598291
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110816

Footnotes

1. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. [back]
2. Huber, J.H. (1996). Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturel [back]
3. Mean = 172.850 meters (567.093 feet), Standard Deviation = 271.960 based on 1,044 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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