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Fundulus catenatus (Northern studfish)

Synonyms: Poecilia catenata
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Wikipedia Abstract

The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus) is the largest of the killifish and is native to the southcentral United States.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phyto-lithophils
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  245
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [1]  1 year

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Prairie United States Nearctic Temperate Upland Rivers    
Teays - Old Ohio United States Nearctic Temperate Upland Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 59947 Arkansas, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0