Banded killifish

Banded killifish

Taxobox
name = Banded killifish
status = secure


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Fundulidae
genus = "Fundulus"
species = "F. diaphanus"
binomial = "Fundulus diaphanus"
binomial_authority = (Lesueur, 1817)

The banded killifish ("Fundulus diaphanus"), is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the "Fundulus" genus of the fundulidae family. The natural geographic range extends from Newfoundland to South Carolina, and west to Minnesota. It occupies the Great Lakes drainages.Page, Lawrence M. and Brooks M. Burr (1991), "Freshwater Fishes", p. 216, Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0-395-91091-9] The Banded killifish is the only freshwater killifish found in the Northeastern United States, but can occasionally be found in brackish water. [Werner, Robert G. (2004), Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States, p. 206, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY. ISBN 0-8156-3020-4.]

The banded killifish reaches a maximum length of 10-13 cm. [FishBase species | genus = Fundulus | species = diaphanus | year = 2007 | month = June]

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