The ''Funduloidea'' is a
superfamily
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of fishes in the
suborder
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Cyprinodontoidei
Cyprinodontoidei is a suborder of fishes, one of the two suborders in the order Cyprinodontiformes. The Cyprinodontoidei consists of four superfamilies which are found in the Americas, the Mediterranean and in Africa, including Madagascar.
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, one of two suborders which make up the
order
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Cyprinodontiformes
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. It is one of four superfamilies within the suborder.
Families
There are three
families
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in the superfamily Funduloidea:
* Family Profundulidae
Profundulidae is a family of killifishes. The species of this family are native to Central America and Mexico
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, 1951
* Family Goodeidae
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Jordan
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, 1883
* Family Fundulidae
Fundulidae is the family of topminnows and North American killifishes.
Distribution
The 46 species are native to North America as far south as Yucatan, and to the islands of Bermuda and Cuba, occurring in both freshwater and marine environments ...
Günther, 1866
References
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Cyprinodontiformes
Taxa named by Albert Günther