Fundulus olivaceus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Genus
- Fundulus
- Species
- Fundulus olivaceus
- Scientific Name
- Fundulus olivaceus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Fundulus olivaceus
The blackspotted topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus, is a species of fish in the family Fundulidae: the topminnows and North American killifishes. It is native to the south-central United States, where it is known from the drainages of the Mississippi River from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico and as far west as Galveston Bay.
This species lives in clear streams with fast currents and sand or gravel substrates. It can often be found near the thick vegetation along the banks of the streams. It is omnivorous, consuming some plant matter along with a main diet of insects and other arthropods.
...Fundulus olivaceus in languages:
- Czech
- fundul olivový
- English
- Blackspotted Topminnow
- Russian
- Оливковый фундулюс
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Fundulus albolineatus
- Fundulus bifax
- Fundulus blairae
- Fundulus catenatus
- Fundulus chrysotus
- Fundulus cingulatus
- Fundulus confluentus
- Fundulus diaphanus
- Fundulus dispar
- Fundulus escambiae
- Fundulus euryzonus
- Fundulus grandis
- Fundulus grandissimus
- Fundulus herminiamatildae
- Fundulus herminiamatildarum
- Fundulus heteroclitus
- Fundulus jenkinsi
- Fundulus julisia
- Fundulus kansae
- Fundulus lima
- Fundulus lineolatus
- Fundulus luciae
- Fundulus majalis
- Fundulus notatus
- Fundulus nottii
- Fundulus olivaceus
- Fundulus parvipinnis
- Fundulus persimilis
- Fundulus philpisteri
- Fundulus pulvereus
- Fundulus rathbuni
- Fundulus rubrifrons
- Fundulus saguanus
- Fundulus sciadicus
- Fundulus seminolis
- Fundulus similis
- Fundulus stellifer
- Fundulus waccamensis
- Fundulus xenicus
- Fundulus zebrinus















































































































































