Species: Fundulus bermudae, Bermuda killifish
Bermuda
Fundulus bermudae Gunther, 1874
Bermuda killifish
Body elongate, robust, compressed at rear; head flattened above, with straight upper profile; front nostril not tubular; cover of eye not continuous with head skin; mouth small, oblique, protrusible, top jaw twisted, lower jaw projecting, chin with 3-10 pores; jaws with multiseried teeth; usually 10-13 (9-16) gill rakers; no spines in fins; dorsal fin short based, usually 13-14 (11-15) rays, its origin over anal fin origin; anal fin with 3rd fin ray branched, 12-13 (11-14) rays; pectoral 18 (17-20) rays, with narrow base, rounded, inserted low on side; pelvics inserted well behind pectoral base; tail fin rounded; small smooth scales; lateral line reduced to a series of pits along side of body; scales before dorsal fin 12-15 (11-17); scales before eye absent.
Grey brown above, paler below; scales outlined in dark pigment. Males with pale spots, some of which form a series of ~9 thin irregular pale bars; pelvics and anal fin dark, with elongate clear blotches and pale outer margins; tail fin dark, with pale spots on its base, outer margin clear; dorsal fin dark, with pale spots, a dark ocellus at the rear base, pale outer margin.
Reaches 9 cm.
Freshwater and mangrove habitats.
Depth: 0-1 m.
Known only from Mangrove Lake on Bermuda.
Note: closely related to F. heteroclitus.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Non Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Mangrove
- Freshwater
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Insects
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Bermuda endemic
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1
