Fundulus jenkinsi

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Topminnows and killifishes ; 6.5 cm max TL [1]. Not a seasonal killifish[2].

Vulnerable

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 in water with a depth of -2 to 0 meters (-7 to 0 feet).[3]

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Zygonectes jenkinsi Evermann, 1892

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Fundulus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 140 species and subspecies 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

• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. ENG url p. 21.
• 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.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 651.
• Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington, The Commission; U.S. Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 311.
• Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 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.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 359, p. 364, p. 365.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• 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 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2492647
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24619
• Fishbase Species ID: 3193
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165653
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCNB04090
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110823

Footnotes

1. Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 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). Soci�t� Fran�aise d'Ichtyologie, Mus�um National d'Histoire Naturel [back]
3. Mean = 2,290.820 meters (7,515.814 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,132.860 based on 11 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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