Baja California killifish

The Baja California killifish (Fundulus lima) is a killifish in the family Fundulidae.^[2] It is native to the Baja California Peninsula region of northwestern Mexico.^[3] This fish was described by L.L. Vaillant in 1894 with the type locality given as San Ignacio de Caracamande in central Baja California.^[4]

Baja California killifish
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Fundulidae
Genus:	Fundulus
Species:	F. lima
Binomial name
Fundulus lima Vaillant, 1894
Synonyms[2]
Fundulus meeki Evermann, 1908

The Baja California killifishes found in oases, springs, ponds, and creeks which have clear water with low salinity levels and relatively slow flows with substrates consisting of bedrock, sand, and gravel. Their diet is varied by season and is made up of diatoms, insect larvae, and fish scales during the dry season while in the rainy season it is mainly insect larvae, filamentous algae, and ostracods.^[1]