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Fundulus heteroclitus

(Atlantic killifish)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Chinese:

底鮰

Common Names in Danish:

Zebrastribet Tandkarpe

Common Names in English:

Atlantic killifish, Killifish, Mummichog

Common Names in Finnish:

Siniraitakilli

Common Names in French:

choquemort

Common Names in German:

Blauband-K, Killifisch, Zebra-Killifisch

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

底鮰

Common Names in Polish:

Fundulus

Common Names in Portuguese:

Fundulo, Peixinho

Common Names in Spanish:

F

Description

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Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

13 cm (5 in).

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Fundulus heteroclitus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 06-Nov-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Fundulus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 63 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. albolineatus (Whiteline Topminnow) · F. arnoldi (Arnold's Lyretail) · F. auroguttatus (Banded Topminnow) · F. balboae (Two-Striped Aphyosemion) · F. bermudae (Bermuda Killifish) · F. bifax (Stippled Studfish) · F. blairae (Lowland Topminnow) · F. catenatus (Northern Squawfish) · F. chrysotus (Golden Toothless Trevally) · F. cingulatus (Banded Topminnow) · F. confluentus (Banded Killifish) · F. cubensis (Cuban Killifish) · F. diaphanus (Banded Killifish) · F. diaphanus diaphanus (Banded Killifish) · F. dispar (Northern Starhead Topminnow) · F. dispar dispar (Northern Starhead Topminnow) · F. dugesii (Bumblebee Allotoca) · F. escambiae (Eastern Starhead Topminnow) · F. euryzonus (Broadstripe Topminnow) · F. gardneri (Blue Lyretail) · F. grandis (Gulf Killifish) · F. grandissimus (Giant Killifish) · F. grandis grandis (Gulf Killifish) · F. grandis saguanus (Cuban Gulf Killifish) · F. guatemalensis (Guatemalan Killifish) · F. heteroclitus (Atlantic Killifish) · F. heteroclitus heteroclitus (Killifish) · F. jenkinsi (Saltmarsh Topminnow) · F. julisia (Barrens Topminnow) · F. kansae (Northern Plains Killifish) · F. labialis (Largelip Killifish) · F. lima (Baja California Killifish) · F. lineatus (Lonnberg's Aphyosemion) · F. lineolatus (Lined Topminnow) · F. luciae (Spotfin Killifish) · F. majalis (Striped Killifish) · F. melanospilus (Blackspotted Nothobranch) · F. menona (Small Scaled Nothobranch) · F. notatus (Blackstripe Topminnow) · F. nottii (Southern Starhead Topminnow) · F. olivaceus (Blackspotted Topminnow) · F. paraguayensis (Somali Nothobranch) · F. parvipinnis (California Killifish) · F. parvipinnis parvipinnis (California Killifish) · F. persimilis (Yucatan Killifish) · F. pulvereus (Bayou Topminnow) · F. punctatus (Brownspotted Killifish) · F. rathbuni (Speckled Killifish) · F. relictus (Lover's Lake Killifish) · F. rhizophorae (Riggenbach's Lyretail) · F. robustus (Bulldog Goodeid) · F. rubrifrons (Redface Topminnow) · F. saguanus (Cuban Gulf Killifish) · F. sciadicus (Plains Topminnow) · F. seminolis (Seminole Killifish?names of Fishes 103) · F. similis (Longnose Killifish) · F. sjostedti (Golden Pheasant Gularis) · F. stellifer (Southern Studfish) · F. stellifera (Southern Studfish) · F. stellifer (Southern Studfish) · F. viridescens (Diamond Killifish) · F. waccamensis (Waccamaw Killifish) · F. zebrinus (Plains Killifish)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 5/16/2012