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Plains killifish

Fundulus zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

Status not recordedbony fish

The plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus) is a species in the family Fundulidae, order Cyprinodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the plains killifish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the plains killifish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the plains killifish as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the plains killifish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the plains killifish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCyprinodontiformes
  5. familyFundulidae
  6. genusFundulus
  7. SpeciesFundulus zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

Synonyms Fundulus adinia, Fundulus zebra, Hydrargyra zebra, Plancterus zebrinus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Southern plains killifishEnglish
  • fundul zebrovitýCzech
  • Sardinilla cebraSpanish
  • Svītrainais fundulisLatvian
  • Зебровый фундулюсRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the plains killifish

Other species in the same genus Fundulus.

Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the plains killifish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the plains killifish as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the plains killifish?

The plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus) belongs to the family Fundulidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/plains-killifish

MLA

“Plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/plains-killifish.

BibTeX
@misc{plains_killifish_2026,
  title = {Plains killifish (Fundulus zebrinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plains-killifish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}