Diamond killifish
Fundulus xenicus
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The diamond killifish lives in salt marshes, hypersaline flats and mangroves along the Gulf of Mexico coast of the United States.
- Scientific name
- Fundulus xenicus
- Family
- Fundulidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Brackish
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Adinia multifasciata, Adinia multifasciatus, Adinia xenica, Fundulus xenica
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 21–35 °C
- pH
- 7.5–9
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–30 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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