marsh killifish
Fundulus confluentus Goode & Bean, 1879
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Fundulus confluentus Goode & Bean, 1879
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1879
- Common name
- marsh killifish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Fundulidae
- Genus
- Fundulus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyFundulidae Günther, 1866
- genusFundulus Lacepède, 1803
- speciesFundulus confluentus Goode & Bean, 1879
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Fundulus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fundulus albolineatus Gilbert, 1891 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| giant killifishFundulus grandissimus Hubbs, 1936 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California killifishFundulus parvipinnis Girard, 1854 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus kansae Garman, 1895 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus lineolatus (Agassiz, 1854) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus olivaceus (Storer, 1845) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| saltmarsh topminnowFundulus jenkinsi (Evermann, 1892) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| plains killifishFundulus zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus blairae Wiley & Hall, 1975 | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| golden topminnowFundulus chrysotus (Günther, 1866) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fundulus nottii (Agassiz, 1854) | FundulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Fundulus chaplini Fowler, 1940 Fowler, 1940 | synonym |
| Fundulus ocellaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | synonym |
| Fundulus bartrami Fowler, 1941 Fowler, 1941 | synonym |
| Aplocheilus chrysotus Günther, 1866 Günther, 1866 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goode, G. B. (1879). A preliminary catalogue of the fishes of the St. John’s River and the east coast of Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 2 (no. 73): 108–121. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-73.108 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6JRFC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.