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Fundulus chrysotus, Golden topminnow : fisheries, aquarium
> 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); chrysotus:chrysotus meaning golden (Ref. 10294). More on author: Günther.
البيئة: الوسط / المنطقة المناخية / نطاق العمق / نطاق التوزيع البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة; غير مهاجرة (Ref. 126106). Subtropical; 18°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 36°N - 26°N
North America: USA from Santee River drainage in South Carolina to Trinity River drainage in Texas; Former Mississippi Embayment north to Kentucky and Missouri. East of Mississippi River mostly restricted to lower Coastal Plain.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.5 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 27139); common length : 4.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 12193)
Adults occur in swamps, sloughs, vegetated pools, and backwaters of sluggish creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feed primarily on insects (Ref. 10294). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).
دورة الحياة وسلوك التزاوج النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | اليرقات
Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
حالة القائمة الحمراء للاتحاد الدولي لحفظ الطبيعة والموارد الطبيعية (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
مؤشر التنوع الشُعبي الوراثي (مرجع 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00565 - 0.02332), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع 69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (مرجع 120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
ضعف الصيد (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
