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Fundulidae (Topminnows and killifishes)
Etymology: Fundulus: Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Evermann.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico; non migratori (Ref. 126106). Temperate; 15°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
Western Atlantic: From the lower Chesapeake Bay to the St. Johns River in northern Florida; In northern coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, from Alabama to Corpus Christi, Texas in the USA (Ref. 93252). Replaced by Fundulus confluentus in Florida (Ref. 93252).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 93252)
Adults occur in bays and brackish waters. 7.5 cm max TL (Ref. 7251). They feed on aquatic insects and isopods (Ref. 79012). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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 Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00401 - 0.02272), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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