WoRMS taxon details
Heterandria formosa Girard, 1859
281052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281052)
accepted
Species
Girardinus formosus Girard, 1859 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Heterandria formosa Girard, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281052 on 2025-03-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
original description (of Girardinus formosus Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
original description (of Girardinus formosus Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | least killifish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterandria formosa)
To FishBase images (Heterandria formosa, by Slaboch, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (279 nucleotides; 279 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterandria formosa P12788 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterandria formosa RAD103606-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterandria formosa)
To FishBase images (Heterandria formosa, by Slaboch, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (279 nucleotides; 279 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterandria formosa P12788 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Heterandria formosa RAD103606-001)
To ITIS
