Species: Fundulus relictus, Lovers’ Lake killifish

Fundulus relictus Able & Felley, 1988

Lovers’ Lake killifish

Body slender, compressed; head flattened above, with straight to slightly concave upper profile; snout about eye diameter, rounded; cover of eye not continuous with head skin; front nostril not tubular; mouth small, oblique, opens at front, protrusible, at about level of center of eye; top jaw twisted, lower jaw projecting; jaws with outer row of pointed conical teeth, inner band of simple teeth; 11 (9-13) gill rakers; no spines in fins; dorsal fin short based, 11-12 (10-13) rays, its origin over anal fin origin; 11-12 (9-12) anal fin rays, 3rd  fin ray branched; pectoral with narrow base, rounded, inserted low on side, 16 (15-18) rays; pelvics inserted well behind pectoral base; tail base slender; tail fin bluntly rounded; small smooth scales; lateral line reduced to a series of pits along side of body.