banded killifish

Fundulus diaphanus

Striped Fish from North American Waters

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Small
Temperate fish

The banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the genus Fundulus of the family Fundulidae. Its natural geographic range extends from Newfoundland to South Carolina, and west to Minnesota, including the Great Lakes drainages. This species is the only freshwater killifish found in the northeastern United States.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Fundulidae
Genus: Fundulus
Maximum length: 13 cm
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. Two subspecies were recognized: Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus on Atlantic Slope; and Fundulus diaphanus menona found elsewhere.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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