Fundulus

E263155

genus taxon

Fundulus is a genus of small, primarily North American killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish coastal habitats and often used in ecological and environmental research.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Fundulus canonical	4
Fundulus heteroclitus	3
Fundulus chrysotus	2
Fundulus diaphanus	2
Fundulus grandis	2
watercress darter	2
Fundulus (type genus)	1
Fundulus catenatus	1
Fundulus notatus	1
Fundulus olivaceus	1
Tigriopus fundulus group (Fundulus)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
circulatorySystem	closed circulatory system ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName	killifishes ⓘ topminnows ⓘ
conservationUse	indicator of environmental contamination ⓘ
describedAs	genus of small killifishes ⓘ
diet	algae ⓘ detritus ⓘ small invertebrates ⓘ
domain	Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota
family	Fundulidae ⓘ
feedingType	omnivorous ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ Gulf of Mexico coastline ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico coast inland waters of eastern North America ⓘ
habitat	brackish water ⓘ coastal marshes ⓘ estuaries ⓘ freshwater ⓘ ponds ⓘ streams ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole	consumer of aquatic invertebrates ⓘ prey for larger fishes and birds ⓘ
hasSpecies	Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus catenatus Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus chrysotus Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus diaphanus Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus grandis Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus heteroclitus Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus notatus Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus olivaceus
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
nativeRange	Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region North America ⓘ
order	Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon	Fundulidae ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	egg-laying ⓘ
respiration	gills ⓘ
skeletonType	bony ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
typeSpecies	Fundulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fundulus heteroclitus
typicalBodySize	small ⓘ
usedFor	ecological research ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ environmental research ⓘ toxicology studies ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyprinodontiformes → notableGenus → Fundulus ⓘ

Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge → primaryConservationTarget → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: watercress darter

Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge → namedAfter → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: watercress darter

Fundulidae → containsGenus → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigriopus fundulus group (Fundulus)

Fundulidae → typeGenus → Fundulus ⓘ

Fundulidae → namedAfter → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fundulus (type genus)

Fundulidae → notableSpecies → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fundulus heteroclitus

Fundulidae → notableSpecies → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fundulus grandis

Fundulidae → notableSpecies → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fundulus diaphanus

Fundulidae → notableSpecies → Fundulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fundulus chrysotus