Range and Identity
Fundulus dispar is recorded in the United States from the southern Great Lakes region toward eastern Texas and southern Alabama. The range is a regional outline, not evidence that every lake or stream between those endpoints contains this topminnow.
Habitat and Behavior
Adults occupy vegetated standing water, quiet stream pools and backwaters. These sheltered settings differ from the fast riffles favored by many small stream fishes. Plant cover is a habitat association and does not mean the fish eats only vegetation.
Food and Life History
The upper reference is 7.8 centimeters total length; four centimeters is a common size in the compilation. Foods include terrestrial insects, snails and small crustaceans, with some algae. This is not an annual killifish whose entire adult life must end each dry season.
Field Note
Record both the waterbody and the quiet vegetated margin where the fish occurred. A whole-lake label can conceal the particular habitat used by a small shoreline species.
All Lakes With Starhead Topminnow
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Starhead Topminnow records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
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- Boot Lake Hillsdale, MI
- Caddo Lake Caddo, LA
- Carter Lake Barry, MI
- Dragon Lake Branch, MI
- Dubuisson Lake St. Landry, LA
- Girard Lake Branch, MI
- Lake Lavine Branch, MI
- Lake Michigan Mason, IL
- Lake Michigan Lake, IN
- Long Lake Hillsdale, MI
- Loon Lake Branch, MI
- Third Lake Hillsdale, MI