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Common names: Fúndulo
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduced along Atlantic shore of southern Spain. Has caused the decline of native species and near extinction of Aphanius baeticus in southwestern Spain (Ref. 59043). There is an increasing trend of spread of this fish (Ref. 27761).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Doadrio, I., B. Elvira and Y. Bernat, 1991
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Choquemort, Fúndulo, Killifisch, ... more

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 author: Linnaeus.

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

marin; eau douce; saumâtre benthopélagique; non migrateur. Temperate; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 12468); 52°N - 28°N, 82°W - 55°W

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Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeast Florida, USA. Two subspecies were previously recognized: Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus and Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus (Ref. 86798). Introduced to southern Portugal and southern Spain (Ref. 59043).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ?, range 4 - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139); common length : 8.9 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); âge max. reporté: 4 années (Ref. 59043)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Distinguished from nearly identical species Fundulus grandis by having the following characters: more convex upper profile; dark bars alternating with silvery interspaces on side; small ocellus at rear of dorsal fin of male; and each mandible with 4 pores (Ref. 86798).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Occurs in saltwater marshes, tidal creeks and nearby fresh water (Ref. 86798). A resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612). Adults are mainly found in saltwater marshes and in tidal creeks. They may leave tide pools if aquatic conditions become inhospitable (Ref. 31184). They also enter fresh water to a limited extent (Ref. 7251). Not a seasonal killifish. They breathe air when out of water (Ref. 31184). Difficult to maintain in aquariums (Ref. 27139). Introduction has caused the decline of native species and near extinction of Aphanius baeticus in southwestern Spain (Ref. 59043).

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

Deposits eggs in the shells of Modiolus demissus (Ref. 26281).

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

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 February 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Aquarium: Commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.1 - 23.7, mean 9.3 (based on 163 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00721 - 0.01208), b=3.17 (3.10 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.48 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm<1; tmax=4).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).

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