Stippled studfish explained
The stippled studfish (Fundulus bifax) is a small freshwater fish which is endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama, USA; and Sofkahatchee Creek (lower Coosa River system) in Alabama. It belongs to the genus Fundulus in the killifish and topminnow family, Fundulidae. It has been evaluated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as "near threatened" and has not been recorded in Georgia since 1990.[1]
References
- Web site: Stippled Studfish. Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin. Outdoor Alabama. 14 February 2010.
- Cashner, R.C., J.S. Rogers and J.M. Grady 1988 Fundulus bifax, a new species of the subgenus Xenisma from the Tallapoosa and Coosa river systems of Alabama and Georgia. Copeia (3):674-683. .
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Notes and References
- Web site: Fundulus bifax (Cashner and Rodgers, 1988). Georgia Biodiversity Portal. Freeman. Byron J.. April 2016. Originally published in 1999. 24 February 2023.