Family Fundulidae - Topminnows and killifishes
Order : Cyprinodontiformes Fundulidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 3 | Species : 44 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Secondary freshwater
Aquarium : many
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: lowlands of North and Middle America from southeastern Canada to Yucatan, including the Mississippi River drainage, Bermuda and Cuba. Many species euryhaline. Interior (ventral arms of maxillaries directed anteriorly, often with pronounced hooks; maxilla twisted, not straight.
Etymology : Latin, fundus = bottom ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | Cichlomorphae | Cyprinodontiformes | Cyprinodontoidei | | Fundulidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Fundulidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
acceptedseniornew
Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, 1766
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Cobitis macrolepidota Walbaum, 1792
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
! Fundulus macrolepidota (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymjuniornew
Poecilia fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Poecilia coenicola Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus coenicolus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Hydrargira swampina Lacepède, 1803
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus swampinus (Lacepède, 1803)
synonymjuniornew
Esox pisciculus Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus pisciculus (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymjuniornew
Esox pisculentus Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
! Esox pisculentis Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
! Fundulus pisculentis (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymjuniornew
Hydrargira ornata Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus ornatus (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus nigrofaciatus (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus zebra DeKay, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus fonticola Valenciennes, 1846
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus badius Garman, 1895
synonymjuniorchange in rank
Fundulus antillarum Fowler, 1916
synonymjuniororiginal
Valencia lozanoi Gomez Caruana, Peiro Gomez & Sanchez Artal, 1984
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus lozanoi (Gomez Caruana, Peiro Gomez & Sanchez Artal, 1984)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)
acceptedseniornew
Cobitis majalis Walbaum, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
Esox flavula Mitchill, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus flavulus (Mitchill, 1814)
synonymjuniornew
Esox zonatus Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus zonatus (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus trifasciatus (Storer, 1837)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Hydrargira formosa Storer, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus formosus (Storer, 1842)
synonymjuniornew
! Hydrargira formosus Storer, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Hydrargyra vernalis Valenciennes, 1846
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus vernalis (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus fasciatus (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
Fundulus similis (non Baird & Girard, 1853)
misappliedmisappliednew
Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
Hydrargira diaphana Lesueur, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus multifaciatus (Lesueur, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus menona Jordan & Copeland, 1877
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus diaphanus menona Jordan & Copeland, 1877
synonymjuniorchange in rank
Fundulus extensus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus pisculentus (non Mitchill, 1815)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Semotilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus tenellus Baird & Girard, 1853
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus zonatus (Agassiz, 1854)
ambiguousothernew
Fundulus aureus Cope, 1865
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus olivaceus (Storer, 1845)
acceptedseniornew
Poecilia olivacea Storer, 1845
synonymseniororiginal
Zygonectes lateralis Agassiz, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus lateralis (Agassiz, 1854)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus pulchellus (Girard, 1859)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus balboae Fowler, 1916
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus catenatus (Storer, 1846)
acceptedseniornew
Poecilia catenata Storer, 1846
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846
acceptedseniororiginal
Micristius cingulatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymseniornew
Zygonectes cingulatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
synonymseniornew
Fundulus zonatus Valenciennes, 1846
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Zygonectes craticula Goode & Bean, 1882
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Fundulus craticula (Goode & Bean, 1882)
ambiguousquestionablenew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Zygonectes zonifer Jordan & Meek, 1885
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Fundulus zonifer (Jordan & Meek, 1885)
ambiguousquestionablenew
Fundulus grandis Baird & Girard, 1853
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus grandis grandis Baird & Girard, 1853
synonymseniorchange in rank
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus pallidus Evermann, 1892
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus similis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
acceptedseniornew
Hydrargyra similis Baird & Girard, 1853
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus insularis Relyea, 1967
synonymjuniorchange in rank
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus dispar (Agassiz, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes dispar Agassiz, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus lineolatus (Agassiz, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes lineolatus Agassiz, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Fundulus nottii (Agassiz, 1854)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes nottii Agassiz, 1854
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus nottii nottii (Agassiz, 1854)
synonymseniornew
! Fundulus notti (Agassiz, 1854)
synonymseniornew
Zygonectes guttatus Agassiz, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus guttatus (Agassiz, 1854)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus hieroglyphicus (Agassiz, 1854)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus parvipinnis brevis Osburn & Nichols, 1916
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus brevis Osburn & Nichols, 1916
synonymjuniorchange in rank
Fundulus luciae (Baird, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
Hydrargyra luciae Baird, 1855
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus seminolis Girard, 1859
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Zygonectes lineatus Garman, 1881
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus lineatus (Garman, 1881)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus macdonaldi (Meek, 1891)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus chrysotus (Günther, 1866)
acceptedseniornew
Haplochilus chrysotus Günther, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
Gambusia arlingtonia Goode & Bean, 1879
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus arlingtonius (Goode & Bean, 1879)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus henshalli (Jordan, 1880)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus scartes Meek, 1896
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus kompi Hildebrand & Towers, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus bermudae Günther, 1874
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus stellifer (Jordan, 1877)
acceptedseniornew
Xenisma stellifera Jordan, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
Fundulus confluentus Goode & Bean, 1879
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus ocellaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus chaplini Fowler, 1940
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus bartrami Fowler, 1941
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus rubrifrons (Jordan, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus xenicus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
acceptedseniororiginal
Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
synonymseniornew
! Fundulus xenica Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Adinia multifasciatus Girard, 1859
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
acceptedseniororiginal
Plancterus zebrinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
synonymseniornew
Hydrargyra zebra Girard, 1859
ambiguousotheroriginal
Fundulus zebra (Girard, 1859)
ambiguousothernew
Fundulus adinia Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus kansae (non Garman, 1895)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Plancterus kansae (non Garman, 1895)
misappliedmisappliednew
Fundulus escambiae (Bollman, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes escambiae Bollman, 1887
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus rathbuni Jordan & Meek, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus albolineatus Gilbert, 1891
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann, 1892)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes jenkinsi Evermann, 1892
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus pulvereus (Evermann, 1892)
acceptedseniornew
Zygonectes pulvereus Evermann, 1892
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus spilotus Putnam, 1863
synonymotheroriginal
Zygonectes funduloides Evermann, 1892
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus funduloides (Evermann, 1892)
synonymjuniornew
Fundulus limbatus Krøyer, 1896
synonymotheroriginal
Fundulus lima Vaillant, 1894
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus meeki Evermann, 1908
synonymjuniororiginal
Fundulus kansae Garman, 1895
acceptedseniororiginal
Plancterus kansae (Garman, 1895)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus waccamensis Hubbs & Raney, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus saguanus Rivas, 1948
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus persimilis Miller, 1955
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus blairae Wiley & Hall, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus euryzonus Suttkus & Cashner, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus julisia Williams & Etnier, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
! Fundulus julisiae Williams & Etnier, 1982
synonymseniororiginal
Fundulus bifax Cashner & Rogers, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus relictus Able & Felley, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Fundulus rhizophorae (non Goode, 1877)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Fundulus philpisteri García-Ramírez, Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucania parva (Baird & Girard, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855
synonymseniororiginal
Limia venusta Girard, 1858
synonymjuniororiginal
Lucania affinis Girard, 1859
synonymjuniororiginal
Lucania goodei Jordan, 1880
acceptedseniororiginal
Lucania interioris Hubbs & Miller, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Leptolucania ommata (Jordan, 1884)
acceptedseniornew
Heterandria ommata Jordan, 1884
synonymseniororiginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
Leptolucania manni (Hay, 1885)
ambiguousothernew
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