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Jay DeLong; North American Native Fishes Association (www.nanfa.org)

Fundulus seminolis   Girard 1959

Common Name: Seminole killifish

Taxonomy: available through ITIS logo

Identification: Page and Burr (1991).

Size: 16 cm.

Native Range: Peninsular Florida from St. Johns drainage on the Atlantic to New drainage in the Gulf, south to just below Lake Okeechobee (Page and Burr 1991).

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Interactive maps: Continental US, Hawaii, Puerto Rico

Nonindigenous Occurrences: A single individual was collected from North Bay in St. Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida, in 1966 (Swift et al. 1986; museum specimen).

Means of Introduction: Unknown. Possible bait bucket release.

Status: Reported from Florida.

Impact of Introduction: Unknown.

Remarks: Voucher specimen: UF 64680 (=FSU 14680).

References

Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. The Peterson Field Guide Series, volume 42. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA.

Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet

Author: Pam Fuller

Revision Date: 12/5/2003

Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Fundulus seminolis. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=692> Revision Date: 12/5/2003





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