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Fundulidae

Known as: Topminnows 
Family of small, surface-dwelling fish that inhabit fresh and brackish waters, and coastal marine areas.
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2012
2012
Hatch success and temperature-dependent development time in two broadly distributed topminnows (Fundulidae)
Metabolic scaling laws predict a variety of emergent properties of biological systems based on relationships among temperature… 
2009
2009
Trophic apparatus in cyprinodontiform fishes: Functional specializations for picking and scraping behaviors
Cyprinodontiforms are a diverse and speciose order that includes topminnows, pupfishes, swordtails, mosquitofishes, guppies, and… 
2009
2009
Escape behaviour elicited by a visual stimulus. A comparison between lateralised and non-lateralised female topminnows
Studies over the past 30 years suggest that functional lateralisation occurs in many animal species. Preferential eye use is… 
2006
2006
Identifying Environmental Conditions to Promote Species Coexistence: An Example with the Native Barrens Topminnow and Invasive Western Mosquitofish
Coexistence of a native and invasive species may be possible at certain conditions along an environmental gradient where the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Variation in heat shock proteins within tropical and desert species of poeciliid fishes.
The 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (hsp70) family of molecular chaperones, which contains both stress-inducible and normally… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Enzyme heterozygosity, metabolism, and developmental stability
Developmental homeostasis, measured as either fluctuating asymmetry or variance of morphological characters, increases with… 
1989
1989
Life History and Ecology of the Barrens Topminnow, Fundulus julisia Williams and Etnier (Pisces, Fundulidae)
The life history of the Barrens topminnow , Fundulus julisia , was investigated in a two -year study from 1983 to 1985 . The… 
1982
1982
The functional significance of frequency modulation within a wave train for prey localization in the surface-feeding fishAplocheilus lineatus (Cyprinodontidae)
SummaryThe physical properties of water surface waves and the responses of the topminnowAplocheilus lineatus to normal and… 
1980
1980
Size-biased predation by the gila topminnow poeciliopsis occidentalis (Baird and Girard)
The objective of this study is to document under both field and laboratory conditions the phenomenon of size-biased feeding by… 
1967
1967
Diurnal variations of the fattening response to prolactin in the golden top minnow, Fundulus chrysotus.
Fattening was induced in sexually mature golden topminnows, Fundulus chrysotus, by daily injections of prolactin or luteinizing… 
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