Rainwater killifish

Taxobox
name = Rainwater killifish

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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Fundulidae
genus = "Lucania (genus)"
species = "L. parva"
binomial = "Lucania parva"
binomial_authority = (Baird & Girard, 1855)
synonyms = See text

The rainwater killifish, ("Lucania parva") is a species of fish in the Fundulidae family. [FishBase genus|genus=Lucania|year=2008|month=June] Its range is from Massachusetts in the north to Yucatán in the south.

ynonyms

"Cyprinodon parvas" (Baird and Girard in Baird 1855:345)
"Lucania venusta" (Evermann, 1899)

General

Rainwater killifish is an amphidromous fish. It can be found in freshwater, brackish, and marine habitats. It usually prefers quiet, vegetated waters, away from the surface area. Maximum length is approximately 7 cm, but it usually grows to about 5 cm.

References

External links

* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/L/Lucania_parva.asp Information on the species at Zipcodezoo]

* [http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~tbonner/txfishes/lucania%20parva.htm Nice article on Rainwater killifish with lots of good references]