Mummichog
The mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) is a small killifish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada. Also known as mummies, gudgeons, and mud minnows, these fish inhabit brackish and coastal waters including estuaries and salt marshes. The species is noted for its hardiness and ability to tolerate highly variable salinity, temperature fluctuations from 6 to 35 °C (43 to 95 °F), very low oxygen levels (down to 1 mg/L), and heavily polluted ecosystems. As a result, the mummichog is a popular research subject in embryological, physiological, and toxicological studies. It is also the first fish ever sent to space, aboard Skylab in 1973.
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Mummichog
The mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) is a small killifish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada. Also known as mummies, gudgeons, and mud minnows, these fish inhabit brackish and coastal waters including estuaries and salt marshes. The species is noted for its hardiness and ability to tolerate highly variable salinity, temperature fluctuations from 6 to 35 °C (43 to 95 °F), very low oxygen levels (down to 1 mg/L), and heavily polluted ecosystems. As a result, the mummichog is a popular research subject in embryological, physiological, and toxicological studies. It is also the first fish ever sent to space, aboard Skylab in 1973.
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Fundulus heteroclitus Fundulus ...... de la famille des Fundulidae.
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Fundulus heteroclitus es una e ...... den de los ciprinodontiformes.
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Fundulus heteroclitus heterocl ...... liceerd in 1766 door Linnaeus.
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Fundulus heteroclitus é uma es ...... sido descrita no ano de 1766.
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Il Fundulus heteroclitus (L., ...... s heteroclitus macrolepidotus.
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The mummichog (Fundulus hetero ...... space, aboard Skylab in 1973.
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加拿大底鱂,為輻鰭魚綱鯉齒目鯉齒亞目底鱂科的其中一種,為溫帶 ...... 棲息在濕地、具有潮汐變化的溪流,生活習性不明,可做為觀賞魚。
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*Cobitis heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1766)
*Cobitis macrolepidota (Walbaum, 1792)
*Esox pisciculus (Mitchill, 1815)
*Esox pisculentus (Mitchill, 1815)
*Fundulus antillarum (Fowler, 1916)
*Fundulus badius (Garman, 1895)
*Fundulus coenicolus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
*Fundulus fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
*Fundulus fonticola (Valenciennes, 1846)
*Fundulus lozanoi (Gomez Caruana et al.', 1984)
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Fundulus heteroclitus
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F. heteroclitus
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Fundulus heteroclitus Fundulus ...... de la famille des Fundulidae.
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Fundulus heteroclitus es una e ...... den de los ciprinodontiformes.
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Fundulus heteroclitus heterocl ...... liceerd in 1766 door Linnaeus.
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Fundulus heteroclitus é uma es ...... sido descrita no ano de 1766.
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Il Fundulus heteroclitus (L., ...... s heteroclitus macrolepidotus.
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The mummichog (Fundulus hetero ...... space, aboard Skylab in 1973.
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加拿大底鱂,為輻鰭魚綱鯉齒目鯉齒亞目底鱂科的其中一種,為溫帶 ...... 棲息在濕地、具有潮汐變化的溪流,生活習性不明,可做為觀賞魚。
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Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
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Fundulus heteroclitus
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Fundulus heteroclitus
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Fundulus heteroclitus
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Mummichog
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加拿大底鱂
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Mummichog
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