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Fundulus luciae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Fundulidae |
Genus: | Fundulus |
Species: | F. luciae
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Binomial name | |
Fundulus luciae (S. F. Baird, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Hydrargyra luciae (Baird 1855) |
Fundulus luciae, the spotfin killifish, is a member of the genus Fundulus. This hardy fish is notable for spending its entire life in sporadically flooded salt marsh habitat, sheltering in shallow pools, puddles, and small tidal rivulets.[2] It closely resembles the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in shape and coloration, but the two species can be distinguished by dorsal fin ray count: 8–9 in the spotfin versus 11–12 in the mummichog.[3] Additionally, the dorsal fin of F. luciae originates farther back, and slightly behind the anal fin origin; in the mummichog, the dorsal fin begins anteriorly to the anal fin origin.[4] The spotfin killifish is named for the pronounced ocellus found on the posterior dorsal fin of adult males. It is a small fish, seldom attaining 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in total length.[5] Its distribution extends along the U.S. east coast from Massachusetts[6] to Georgia.[7]
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