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Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean, 1879

Description

Anal soft rays: 11 - 13.

Common Names

  • Florida-tandkarpe , Danish , Denmark
  • Blokvis , Dutch , Netherlands
  • American Flagfish , English , Australia
  • Flagfish , English , USA
  • Flagfish , English , Global
  • Džordanell , Estonian , Estonia
  • Floridanhammaskarppi , Finnish , Finland
  • Floridankilli , Finnish , Finland
  • Floridakärpfling , German , Germany
  • 乔氏鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 喬氏鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Jordanelka florydzka , Polish , Poland
  • Floridka , Russian , Russia
  • флоридка , Russian , Russia
  • Floridski krapič , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Floridatandkarp , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Cyprinodontidae

    Genus: Jordanella

    Species: Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean, 1879

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Biology

    In vegetated sloughs, ponds, lakes, and sluggish streams; enters brackish water. 6.5 cm max TL (Ref. 5723). In Guinness Book of Records as the fish with the fewest eggs (20 eggs are spawned over a period of several days) (Ref. 6472). Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter (Ref. 7020). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    brackish

    Conservation Status

    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless