{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |date=2019 |title=''Fundulus lima'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T8708A3146079 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T8708A3146079.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Fundulus lima | authority = Vaillant, 1894 | synonyms = ''Fundulus meeki'' <small>Evermann, 1908</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase/> }}
The '''Baja California killifish''' ('''''Fundulus lima''''') is a killifish in the family Fundulidae.<ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Fundulus|lima|month=April| year=2019}}</ref> It is native to the Baja California Peninsula region of northwestern Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=647285 |title=Fundulus lima Vaillant, 1894|publisher =ITIS}}</ref> This fish was described by L.L. Vaillant in 1894 with the type locality given as San Ignacio de Caracamande in central Baja California.<ref name = CoFF>{{Cof record|spid=33755|title=''Fundulus lima''|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Killifish, Baja California}} Baja California killifish Category:Endemic fish of Mexico Category:Freshwater fish of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula Category:Fish described in 1894
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