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Fundulus heteroclitus  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165647

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): choquemort [French]
  
    mummichog [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid   
  Taxonomic Credibility Rating: reviewed  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
  Kingdom Animalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
     Phylum Chordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
        Subphylum Vertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
           Superclass Osteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
              Class Actinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                 Subclass Neopterygii   
                    Infraclass Teleostei   
                       Superorder Acanthopterygii   
                          Order Cyprinodontiformes  -- cyprinodontes, killifishes  
                             Suborder Cyprinodontoidei   
                                Family Fundulidae  -- killifishes, topminnows  
                                   Genus Fundulus Lacepede, 1803 -- topminnows  
                                      Species Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- choquemort, mummichog  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Fundulus heteroclitus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: mummichog [English], choquemort [French]   
       
  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1980, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Fundulus heteroclitus   
       
  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1980, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: mummichog [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Fundulus heteroclitus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Fundulus heteroclitus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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Fri Feb 20 2004 10:15:52 MST