Fundulus xenicus, Diamond killifish : fisheries, aquarium

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Fundulus xenicus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Diamond killifish
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Fundulidae (Topminnows and killifishes)
Etymology: Fundulus: Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range Écologie

marin; eau douce; saumâtre benthopélagique; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; non migrateur, usually ? - 0 m (Ref. 45978). Tropical; 27°C - 35°C (Ref. 45977)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Central Atlantic: northern Gulf coast from southern tip of Florida to Texas in USA.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm ?, range 2 - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Concave dorsal profile from tip of snout to front of dorsal fin (Ref. 26938).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Occur from fresh water to hypersaline flats, salt marshes and mangrove areas (Ref. 7251), commonly in shallow water less than 0.3 m in depth (Ref. 45978). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborateurs

Ghedotti, M.J. and M.P. Davis, 2013. Phylogeny, classification, and evolution of salinity tolerance of the North American topminnows and killifishes, family Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cypridontiformes). Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 7:1-65. (Ref. 93070)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 January 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278):  3.2   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf. 120179):  Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Fec = 15-40).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.