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Fundulidae
mummichog
Fundulus heteroclitus
Leaving tide pools yet finding the way home
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediummummichog is a freshwater fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Genus
- Fundulus
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeast Florida, USA. Two subspecies were previously recognized: Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus and Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus (Ref. 86798 ). Introduced to southern Portugal and southern Spain (Ref. 59043 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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