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Fundulus zonatus
Ambiguous synonym for Fundulus cingulatus Valenciennes, 1846

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
questionable, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Not Mitchill; in Cuvier & Valenciennes. Name preoccupied; synonym of Fundulus lineolatus (Agassiz 1854) from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2004: Ref. 50838).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" (Ref. 45335).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS