Diamond killifish
| Diamond killifish | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Adinia Girard, 1859
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| Species: | A. xenica
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| Adinia xenica (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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The diamond killifish (Adinia xenica) is a species of North American killifish found in salt marshes, hypersaline flats and mangrove along the Gulf Coast of the United States. This species grows to a length of 6 cm (2.4 in). It is found in the aquarium trade. It is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Adinia xenica" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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Categories:
- Fundulidae
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Fish of the Gulf of Mexico
- Fish described in 1859
- Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
- Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
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