Range and Identity
Fundulus bifax is recorded from the Tallapoosa system in Georgia and Alabama and from Sofkahatchee Creek in the lower Coosa system. The latter is a specific tributary record, not evidence of uniform occurrence throughout the entire Coosa drainage.
Habitat and Behavior
Adults use margins, pools and backwaters in creeks and small to medium rivers. Shallow sandy backwaters of clean rocky creeks are especially noted. This illustrates how a fish may occupy a quiet pocket within a larger channel dominated by rock and current.
Food and Life History
The reported maximum is twelve centimeters total length. The species is not an annual killifish restricted to a single wet-season adult life. The checked description does not establish an independent maximum weight or a detailed species-specific feeding list.
Field Note
Record the side-channel or backwater setting along with the main river. A broad description of fast rocky habitat can miss the quieter sandy position actually occupied by this studfish.
All Lakes With Stippled Studfish
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Stippled Studfish records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.