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Fundulus relictus Able & Felley, 1988

Lover's Lake killifish
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Common names: Lover's Lake killifish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Regulations: protected | Ref: Outerbridge, M.E., J. Davenport and A.F. Glasspool, 2007
Uses: no uses
Comments: Endemic to the islands of Bermuda and listed as a protected species in the Bermuda Protected Species Act 2003. Killifishes were described as abundant and widespread in the wetland communities of Bermuda during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but are now only found in nine isolated ponds. Two of these populations are F. relictus. Petersen population estimates in 2004 suggested that 8,508 fish were Lover’s Lake and 1,793 fish were in Bartram’s Pond (Ref. 59051). Local populations could include more undescribed Fundulus species (Ref. 35505). In addition to one naturally occurring Fundulus relictus population in Bermuda, there is one other population living in a man-made pond, (created by dredging), where F. relictus was intentionally introduced in the 1980s as a precaution against a possible extinction event (Ref. 59051). Also Ref. 27139.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bd.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Outerbridge, M.E., J. Davenport and A.F. Glasspool, 2007
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Common names from other countries

残底鮰, 殘底鮰, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Fundulidae (Topminnows and killifishes)
Etymology: Fundulus: Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory.   Subtropical

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