striped killifish


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Synonyms for striped killifish

black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States

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Prevalence of culture-confirmed mycobacteriosis among fish sampled from mid--Chesapeake Bay tributaries % Culture- 95% Confidence Species (n) positive interval Atlantic menhaden (287) Brevoortia tyrannus 18 13.5-22.7 Blueback herring (17) Alosa aestivalis 12 1.5-36.4 Summer flounder (26) Paralichthyes dentatus 12 2.5-30.2 Striped killifish (1) Fundulus majalis 100 2.5-100.0 Mummichog (3) F.
Mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) and striped killifish (Fundulus majalis) were collected from the North Inlet-Winyah Bay near Georgetown, South Carolina and examined for the presence of larval stages (metascestodes) of two dilepidid tapeworms (Glossocercus caribaenis and Cyclustera ibisae).
A school of darting striped killifish catches my attention; perhaps made nervous by my presence, they scamper in all directions seeking refuge amidst the Spartina cordgrass jungle that lines the channel.
Prevalance and intensity of dilepdid metacestodes (Cestoda: cytophyllidea) in the Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) and the Striped Killifish (Fundulus majalis) from Georgetown, SC.