Fundulus chrysotus

Fundulus chrysotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Fundulidae
Genus: Fundulus
Species: Fundulus chrysotus

Name

Fundulus chrysotus (Günther, 1866)

• Syntypes: Liverpool Free Public Museum (whereabouts unknown); Holbrook specimens are MCZ 1404 (8) and USNM 120410 [ex MCZ 1404] (1). Fundulus chrysotus Holbrook and Zygonectes chrysotus Agassiz are manuscript names mentioned by Putnam 1863:14; neither is available, no description.
• Type locality: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Haplochilus chrysotus Günther, 1866
• Gambusia arlingtonia Goode & Bean, 1879
• Fundulus arlingtonius (Goode & Bean, 1879)
• Zygonectes henshalli Jordan, 1880
• Fundulus henshalli (Jordan, 1880)
• Fundulus scartes Meek, 1896
• Fundulus kompi Hildebrand & Towers, 1928

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1866. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum 6(i–xv): 1–368. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Putnam, F.W. 1863: List of the fishes sent by the museum to different institutions, in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v.1 (art. 1): 2-16. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Haplochilus chrysotus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 24, 2015.
• Fundulus chrysotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Fundulus chrysotus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.