Striped Killifish
Fundulus majalis
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Fundulidae
The striped killifish (Fundulus majalis), also called the striped mummichog, is a North American species of fundulid killifish. It lives in salt and brackish waters in shallow coastal regions from New Hampshire to Florida, and in the northern Gulf of Mexico. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the males having vertical black stripes and the mature females having horizontal black stripes along the sides of their silver-colored bodies.
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Fundulus majalis es una especie de pez de la familia de los fundúlidos en el orden de los ciprinodontiformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar a los 15 cm de longitud total. Distribución geográfica Se encuentran en Norteamérica: Estados Unidos y el norte del Golfo de México.
Distribution
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