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Fundulus notatus

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Blackstripe Topminnow

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100269
Element CodeAFCNB04110
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCyprinodontiformes
FamilyFundulidae
GenusFundulus
Other Common Names
Fondule rayé (FR)
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Exhibits a high degree of genetic variation both within and among populations (Cashner et al. 1992). Diploid chromosome number throughout most of range apparently is 40, but Black and Howell (Copeia 1978:280-288) reported a population in the upper Tombigbee River system, Alabama and Mississippi, with a modal diploid count of 44; phenotypically and ecologically, the Tombigbee population is essentially identical to other populations of F. NOTATUS. The genus FUNDULUS was removed from Atheriniformes:Cyprinodontidae and placed in Cyprinodontiformes:Fundulidae by Parenti (1981); pending confirmation based on other character suites, this change was not accepted in the 1991 AFS checklist (Robins et al. 1991). See A86WIL05NA for a study of the evolutionary relationships of FUNDULUS topminnows based on morphological characters. See Cashner et al. (1992) for an allozyme-based phylogenetic analysis of the genus FUNDULUS.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2012-02-01
Change Date1996-09-20
Edition Date2012-02-01
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G.
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Range Extent Comments
The large range encompasses the Gulf Slope from the Mobile Bay drainage, western Alabama, to San Antonio Bay drainage, Texas, and extends northward in the Mississippi Valley north to Iowa and southern Wisconsin, and includes the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie drainages from Wisconsin to Ohio and Ontario (Lee et al. 1980, Page and Burr 2011).
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of occurrences (subpopulations) (e.g., see map in Lee et al. 1980).
Threat Impact Comments
No major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species inhabits small to large, lowland, low-gradient streams and sloughs with water of moderate to high turbidity; quiet water of creeks, rivers, lakes, swamps, drainage ditches, highwater pools of rivers, and ponds. It winters in deeper water. It is common in lowlands, rare to absent in uplands (Page and Burr 2011). Eggs are attached to aquatic vegetation, leaf litter, or detritus (Becker 1983).

Reproduction

Spawns in late spring and summer. Sexually mature at age I (Becker 1983).
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLANDSCRUB-SHRUB WETLANDFORESTED WETLAND
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN2
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS2Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MichiganS2Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
WisconsinS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
LouisianaS5Yes
AlabamaS3Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
TexasS5Yes
MississippiS5Yes
IllinoisS5Yes
IndianaS5Yes
MissouriSNRYes
KansasS5Yes
IowaS3Yes
OhioS4Yes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
No known threats———

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Roadless Areas (2)
Texas (2)
AreaForestAcres
Little Lake CreekNational Forests in Texas596
Winters BayouNational Forests in Texas730
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