Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyFundulidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded2,158
Plains topminnows suffers from severe habitat fragmentation, which causes a lot of diversity among this species. This makes gene flow impossible, and causes a large amount of genetic variation. A sample of this species showed a 61% variation among males and 83% variation among females. This variation has caused the species to be discovered several different times within a short period of time by accident. Despite the severe differences, this species lacks a subspecies designation due to extreme genetic homogeneity within and between populations, possibly a result of the bottleneck effect.
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 688
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, UNSM
- Recorded in
- United States