Range and Identity
Fundulus seminolis ranges from the St. Johns and New River drainage regions south to just below Lake Okeechobee. This peninsular distribution should not be extended across the entire southeastern United States from the broad term killifish.
Habitat and Behavior
Adults inhabit open areas of lakes and quiet stream pools. Young fish are usually encountered in schools close to vegetation. The contrast makes life stage relevant to habitat descriptions: an adult in open water and young among plants need not indicate conflicting accounts.
Food and Life History
Published upper references include 13.5 centimeters standard length and sixteen centimeters total length. The two conventions measure different portions of the body, so the values are retained separately. This fish is not described as a seasonal annual killifish that survives a dry period only as eggs.
Field Note
Note whether a measured length includes the tail fin. Keeping that convention visible avoids a false comparison between the standard-length and total-length references.
All Lakes With Seminole Killifish
Browse all lakes and reservoirs with confirmed Seminole Killifish records in our database, listed alphabetically.
No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.