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Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 293599

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cyprinodontiformes (Order) > Fundulidae (Family) > Fundulus (Genus) > Fundulus heteroclitus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) represented as Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonymised
taxa
  Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, 1766
Fundulus antillarum Fowler, 1916
Fundulus coenicolus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Fundulus fonticola Valenciennes, 1846
Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Fundulus lozanoi (Gomez Caruana, Peiro Gomez & Sanchez Artal, 1984)
Fundulus nisorius Cope, 1870
Fundulus ornatus (Lesueur, 1817)
Fundulus swampinus (Lacepède, 1803)
Hydrargira ornata Lesueur, 1817
Hydrargira swampina Lacepède, 1803
Poecilia coenicola Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Valencia lozanoi Gomez Caruana, Peiro Gomez & Sanchez Artal, 1984
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English mummichog (from synonym)  [details]
French choquemort (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of St. Lawrence (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Images 
Fundulus heteroclitus, mummichog (choquemort)
[image from synonym]
Fundulus heteroclitus, mummichog (choquemort)
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Male mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) captured during breeding season
[image from synonym]
Male mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) captured during breeding season
added on 2010-12-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marie-Hélène Thériault ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Fundulus heteroclitus - size range
[image from synonym]
Fundulus heteroclitus - size range
added on 2012-04-18 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293599
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-18 09:17:38Z  created  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293599 on 2013-06-19
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