Fundulus cingulatus

Life-forms

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
Subgenus: F. (Zygonectes)

Species: Fundulus cingulatus
Name

Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846

Neotype: USNM 37362. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:13

Type locality: Westville, Florida, U.S.A.
Synonyms

Micristius cingulatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Zygonectes cingulatus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Zygonectes auroguttatus Hay, 1885
Fundulus auroguttatus (Hay, 1885)

Vernacular names
English: banded topminnow
lietuvių: dryžasis fundulas
中文: 環帶底鱂
References

Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. 18: i–xix + 2 pp. + 1–505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520–553. BHL Reference page.

Links

Fundulus cingulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 22, 2015.
Fundulus cingulatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Fundulus cingulatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

The banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the genus Fundulus of the family Fundulidae.[3]
Taxonomy

The genus name Fundulus comes from fundus, meaning bottom, from the fish's habit of swimming near muddy bottoms. The species name cingulatus, also derived from Latin means "girded".[4] The banded topminow was first described by American zoologist Achille Valenciennes in 1846, when it was sighted near Charleston, South Carolina.[5]

The common name, "banded topminnow", refers to the distinct olive-green bandings found along their sides.[6]
References

NatureServe (2013). "Fundulus cingulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202380A18235968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202380A18235968.en. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Synonyms of Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846". FishBase. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Fundulus cingulatus". FishBase. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Romero, P., 2002. An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.
"Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Banded Topminnow". Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 6 March 2022.