World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

WRiMS name details

Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

AphiaID

293599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293599)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Original name

Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, 1766

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 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]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293599 on 2026-06-26

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293599 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-18 09:17:38Z

created

Decock, Wim

2009-06-16 07:05:49Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2022-03-02 13:57:09Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-11 08:59:53Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 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]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI