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Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

159306  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159306)

accepted
Species
Cobitis macrolepidota Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Esox pisculentis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Fundulus macrolepidota (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)

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(of Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeastern Florida  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeastern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159306 on 2024-03-19
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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2013-01-08 14:50:09Z
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2013-05-30 06:24:41Z
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2020-09-24 06:35:24Z
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original description  (of Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Esox pisciculus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 440 [details]   

original description  (of Poecilia coenicola Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 452 [details]   

original description  (of Poecilia fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 453 [details]   

original description  (of Fundulus nisorius Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). A partial synopsis of the fishes of the fresh waters of North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 11 (84): 448-495. [Reissued as second edition in 1877 with notes added.].
page(s): 456 [details]   

original description  (of Fundulus fonticola Valenciennes, 1846) Page, L.M.; Burr, B.M. (2011). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. [details]   

original description  (of Hydrargira ornata Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). Descriptions of four new species, and two varieties, of the genus Hydrargira. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, no. 6): 126-134.
page(s): 131 [details]   

original description  (of Hydrargira swampina Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 378, 379, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [details]   

original description  (of Hydargira nigrofaciata Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). Descriptions of four new species, and two varieties, of the genus Hydrargira. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, no. 6): 126-134.
page(s): 133 [details]   

original description  (of Valencia lozanoi Gomez Caruana, Peiro Gomez & Sanchez Artal, 1984) Gomez Caruana, F.; Peiro Gomez, S.; Sanchez Artal, S. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie de pez continental ibérico, Valencia lozanoi n. sp. (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae). <em>Boletin de la Estación Central de Ecología.</em> v. 13 (no. 25): 67-74. [In Spanish, English summary.]. [details]   

original description  (of Cobitis macrolepidota Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 11 [details]   

original description  (of Esox pisculentus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 441 [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Spain (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Spain (Nation) : Individual release: deliberate release by individuals [details]

From other sources
Diet Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, insect larvae and vegetables [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeastern Florida [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Benthopelagic species, found in saltwater marshes and tidal creeks, occasionally enters fresh water. [details]

Importance Scientific- Commercial [details]

Predators Kingfishers, brook trout, bullfrogs, bluefish, sandbar shark [details]

Reproduction Spawns in shallow waters from April to August, external fertilization, eggs are deposited into the shells of Modiolus demissus [details]
LanguageName 
English mummichog  [details]
French choquemort  [details]