Fundulus

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Fundulus
Northern studfish, Fundulus catenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Fundulidae Genus: Fundulus Lacépède, 1803
Species
See text.

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]

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 41 species:^[2]

• Whiteline topminnow, Fundulus albolineatus Gilbert, 1891.
• Fundulus auroguttatus (Hay, 1885).
• 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.
• 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ Fundulus (TSN 165644). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 6 June 2006.
2. ^ "Fundulus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.