Banded killifish
Fundulus diaphanus
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A killifish from Canada and the USA, from shallow, quiet margins of lakes and slow streams, near plants. It is a freshwater fish but sometimes enters brackish water. It reaches 13 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Fundulus diaphanus
- Family
- Fundulidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus, Fundulus diaphanus menona, Fundulus extensus, Fundulus menona, Fundulus multifaciatus, Fundulus pisculentus, Hydrargira diaphana, Hydrargira multifaciata
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 10–25 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 13 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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