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Fundulus jenkinsi

Saltmarsh Topminnow
SGCN Federal: Under Review NS G3 NS S1
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Cyprinodontiformes Fundulidae (Topminnows) Fundulus Fundulus jenkinsi (Saltmarsh Topminnow)

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: elongated.

Distribution

Western Atlantic: western Florida to Galveston in Texas, USA.

Habitat Associations

Brackish, marine. benthopelagic. Found in: estuaries, mangroves.

Biology

6.5 cm max TL (Ref. 7251). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).
Max length: 5.5 cm TL; common length: 4.0 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU), assessed 2014-01-09. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

References

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
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.
Peterson, M.S., G.L. Fulling and C.M. Woodley (2003) Status and habitat characteristics of the saltmarsh topminnow, Fundulus jemkinsi(Evermann) in Eastern Mississippi and Western Alabama coastal bayous. Gulf Carib. Res. 15:51-59.

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