Floridichthys carpio

Author
Günther, 1866
Common Names
  • Goldspotted Killifish
  • Ocellated Killifish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
60 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida, Gulf of Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • bay and nearshore
  • estuarine
  • seagrass
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico
References

  • Hubbs, C. L. 1936. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnegie Institute, Washington, Publication 457(17): 157–287.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Rosen, D. E. 1973. Suborder Cyprinodontoidei. Pp. 229–262 in D. M. Cohen et al. eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 6 Heteromi, Cyprinodontoidei, Barycomorphi, Xenoberyces, Anacanthini (part) Macrouridae, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

  • Wiley, E. O., and M. J. Ghedotti. 2002b. Cyprinodontidae. Pp. 1158–1161 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-15-2024.

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