Question by alwysinuniform87: does anyone know a website where i can find out the kingdom , phylum , genus , and species of a killifish?
i need ths for my marine biology portfolio

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Answer by novangelis
The American Killifish Association

They are all
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes

They include the families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae, Rivulidae and Valenciidae.

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3 Responses to “does anyone know a website where i can find out the kingdom , phylum , genus , and species of a killifish?”

1. oikos says:

   January 2, 2011 at 12:20 pm

   Who needs a website? Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Genus Fundulus. And there are about a hundred different species.

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2. Maverick says:

   January 2, 2011 at 12:51 pm

   You will have plenty of information for your portfolio with colored photos to boot = just click on the links below and see =
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killifish

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodontiformes

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplocheilidae

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivulidae

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupfish

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummichog
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_panchax
   http://www.killiesconnection.org/
   http://images.killi.net/
   http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/content/?id=2
   http://www.bka.org.uk/
   http://www.elkilliclub.org/indexen.htm

   Killifish in Nederland below on link=
   http://www.killifishnederland.nl/

   Thank you ! Bye !!

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3. Jim says:

   January 2, 2011 at 1:19 pm

   Which species? There are 293 known species. Native or non-native? Marine biology? They are all freshwater species with only a few in brackish water.

   http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=216
   http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165876

   Warning, there is still work in progress in classifiying certain species. This is a complicated Order of fish.

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