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Banded Topminnow

Fundulus cingulatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 10, February 11, March 12, April 21, May 15, June 10, July 8, August 8, September 10, October 11, November 9, December 9.
United States486
Alabama132
Georgia79
Mississippi5
Louisiana2
South Carolina1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderRivulines, Killifishes, and Livebearers · Cyprinodontiformes
FamilyTopminnows · Fundulidae
GenusTypical Topminnows · Fundulus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Banded Topminnow with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.