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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Fundulidae |
Genus: | Fundulus |
Species: | F. cingulatus
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Binomial name | |
Fundulus cingulatus (
Valenciennes, 1846)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the genus Fundulus of the family Fundulidae. [3]
The genus name Fundulus comes from fundus, meaning bottom, from the fish's habit of swimming near muddy bottoms. The species name cingulatus, also derived from Latin means "girded". [4] The banded topminow was first described by American zoologist Achille Valenciennes in 1846, when it was sighted near Charleston, South Carolina. [5]
The common name, "banded topminnow", refers to the distinct olive-green bandings found along their sides. [6]
Banded topminnow | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Fundulidae |
Genus: | Fundulus |
Species: | F. cingulatus
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Binomial name | |
Fundulus cingulatus (
Valenciennes, 1846)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the genus Fundulus of the family Fundulidae. [3]
The genus name Fundulus comes from fundus, meaning bottom, from the fish's habit of swimming near muddy bottoms. The species name cingulatus, also derived from Latin means "girded". [4] The banded topminow was first described by American zoologist Achille Valenciennes in 1846, when it was sighted near Charleston, South Carolina. [5]
The common name, "banded topminnow", refers to the distinct olive-green bandings found along their sides. [6]