Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus) fish species and information / pictures of Banded killifish - Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus

Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus

Common Name
Banded killifish

Biology
Inhabits shallow, quiet margins of lakes, ponds and sluggish streams, usually over sand or mud and often near vegetation. Swims in schools a few inches below surface of water (Ref. 5723). Euryhaline and salinity-tolerant (Ref. 5951). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Classification

Classified By

Lesueur, 1817

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Live bearers, Killifishes and Rivulines (Cyprinodontiformes)

Family

Topminnows and killifishes (Fundulidae)

Distribution

Region

North America

Distribution

North America: Atlantic Slope drainages from Newfoundland in Canada to Peedee River in South Carolina, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Manitoba in Canada, and south to southern Pennsylvania, northern Illinois and northeastern Nebraska in the USA.

Range

54°N - 34°N

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

10 °C

Water Temperature To

25 °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; non-migratory

Trophic Level

3.15 s.e. 0.42 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

13.0 cm

Common Length

6.3 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Aquarium: commercial; bait: usually

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (18 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated