Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus)

Scientific name: Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus Lesueur, 1817

The Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus) is a freshwater fish of the family Fundulidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 10–25°C (50–77°F).

Banded killifish care at a glance

Temperature: 10–25°C (50–77°F)

Biology

Inhabits shallow, quiet margins of lakes, ponds and sluggish streams, usually over sand or mud and often near vegetation. Swims in schools a few inches below surface of water. Euryhaline and salinity-tolerant. Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium.

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Species facts

Scientific name: Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
Family: Fundulidae (Topminnows and killifishes)
Order: Cyprinodontiformes (Live bearers, Killifishes and Rivulines)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 13.0
Common length: 6.3
Environment: Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate: Temperate
Distribution: North America: Atlantic Slope drainages from Newfoundland in Canada to Peedee River in South Carolina, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Manitoba in Canada, and south to southern Pennsylvania, northern Illinois and northeastern Nebraska in the USA.
Conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Aquarium: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm