heteroclita, Cobitis Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766:500 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.]. Syntypes: LS 143 (right half-skin), 144 (right half-skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1985:40 [ref. 20705]. Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:204-205 [ref. 1841]. Based on the 'Mudfish' in manuscript description, and 2 specimens sent by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus 1766), subspecies heteroclitus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Lazara 2001:148 [ref. 25711], Scharpf 2007:13 [ref. 30398]). •Valid as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Lee et al. 1980:517 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:412 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:109 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:314 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:124 [ref. 14674], García-Berthou & Moreno-Amich 1991:74 [ref. 37893], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:607 [ref. 21581], Bernardi & Powers 1995:470 [ref. 22410], Murdy et al. 1997:128 [ref. 23144], Wildekamp 1996:260 [ref. 23649], Murphy & Collier 1997:797 [ref. 25585], Scott & Crossman 1998:635 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:297 [ref. 25838], Doadrio et al. 2002:78 [ref. 26616], Wiley & Ghedotti 2003:1150 [ref. 27020], Nelson et al. 2004:102 [ref. 27807], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:477 [ref. 29996], Page & Burr 2011:438 [ref. 31215], Ghedotti & Davis 2013:58 [ref. 32490] in subgenus Fundulus, Page et al. 2013:105 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Sargent et al. 2020:307 [ref. 38265], Jamandre 2023:166 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:141 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus 1766). Fundulidae. Distribution: North America: eastern Canada and eastern U.S.A. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.