Biology:Diamond killifish

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Short description: Species of fish

Diamond killifish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Fundulidae
Genus: Fundulus
Species:
F. xenicus
Binomial name
Fundulus xenicus
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Synonyms
  • Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

The diamond killifish (Fundulus xenicus) is a species of North American killifish found in salt marshes, hypersaline flats and mangrove along the Gulf Coast of the United States .[1] This species grows to a length of 6 cm (2.4 in). It is found in the aquarium trade. It was previously recognized as, Adinia xenica, the only known member of the genus Adinia. Nucleotide analyses has reevaluated the phylogeny of the Funduliidae and placed the diamond killifish into the Fundulus genus.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2085101 entry