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Fundulus

Poole, Karen E.

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Fundulus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the superfamily Funduloidea, family Fundulidae (of which it is the type genus). It belongs to the order of toothcarps (Cyprinodontiformes), and therein the large suborder Cyprinodontoidei. Most of its closest living relatives are egg-laying, with the notable exception of the splitfin livebearers (Goodeidae).

Species

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KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCyprinodontiformes
  5. FamilyFundulidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations5,073
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,804
With media
11
Family
Fundulidae
Collections
UWFC, MMNS, CUMV, ECOSUR, CINVESTAV-IPN
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

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Fundulus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the superfamily Funduloidea, family Fundulidae (of which it is the type genus). It belongs to the order of toothcarps (Cyprinodontiformes), and therein the large suborder Cyprinodontoidei. Most of its closest living relatives are egg-laying, with the notable exception of the splitfin livebearers (Goodeidae).

They are usually smallish; most species reaching a length of at most 4 in (10 cm) when fully grown. However, a few larger species exist, with the giant killifish (F. grandissimus) and the northern studfish (F. catenatus) growing to twice the genus' average size.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fundulus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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