Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).

Diamond Killifish

Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Gilbert. 1882b. Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 5: 241-307. [Volume 5 is dated 1883 but as is the case with early issues of the Proceedings, Volume 5 was issued in many parts, each with its own publication date.]

Type locality: Galveston, St. Joseph's Island, and Indianola, Texas.

Adinia multifasciata Girard, 1859b: Jordan, 1878b, 1887a; Evermann & Kendall, 1894a, 1899; Garman, 1895; Jordan & Evermann, 1896; Fowler, 1916, 1945c; Hubbs, 1926; Breder, 1929, 1948; Jordan, Evermann, & Clark, 1930; Gunter, 1945, 1950; Hoedeman & Bronner, 1951; Raney, Backus, Crawford, & Robins, 1953; Simpson & Gunter, 1956; Scheel, 1972b; Radda, 1975e; Seegers, 1980a; Lazara, 1981d; Parenti, 1981; Radda & Wildekamp, 1986.

Fundulus xenicus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882b [Jordan & Gilbert transferred multifasciata to Fundulus and then proposed xenicus as a replacement name because multifasciata (-us) was previously used in Fundulus.]: Goode & Bean, 1882b [The undescribed name xenicus attributed to, but not yet published by Jordan & Gilbert, is a nomen nudum in Goode & Bean.]; Jordan & Gilbert, 1883b; Evermann, 1892; Lazara, 1981d.

Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882): Carr, 1936 [new combination]; Gosline, 1949; Baughman, 1950; Knapp, 1953; Reid, 1954; Carr & Goin, 1955; Kilby, 1955; Kilby & Caldwell, 1955; Gunter, 1956b; Joseph & Yerger, 1956; Eddy, 1957, 1969; Hubbs, 1957, 1970; Briggs, 1958; Hubbs & Drewry, 1959, 1962; Springer & Woodburn, 1960; Gunter & Hall, 1965; Foster, 1967a,b; Anonymous, 1968b; Ogilvie, 1969; Odum, 1970; Arndt, 1971, 1973; Hastings & Yerger, 1971; Swingle, 1971; Uyeno & Miller, 1971; Franz & Villwock, 1972 [tooth structure]; Gallaway, Parker, & Moore, 1972; Rosen, 1973; Douglas, 1974; Kushlan & Lodge, 1974; Swingle & Bland, 1974; Goldstein, 1975; Relyea, 1975; Walls, 1975; Koenig & Livingston, 1976; Livingston, 1976; Stevenson, 1976; Collette, 1977; Hoese & Moore, 1977, 1998; Mackowiak, 1977; Swift, Yerger, & Parrish, 1977; Robins, Bailey, Bond, et al., 1980; Baugh, 1981b,d,e, 1982c; Grimes, 1981; Lazara, 1981c,d; Parenti, 1981; Glascock, 1984a; Greeley, 1984; Cunningham & Balon, 1985, 1986a,b; Conner & Suttkus, 1986; Loftus & Kushlan, 1987; Harper, [R. W.], 1989; Fackert, 1990; de Greef, 1991; Hubbs, Edwards, & Garrett, 1991; Kaufmann & Lynch, 1991; Boschung, 1992; Slusarczuk, 1992b; Bernardi, 1997; De Bruyn, 1998 [reported syntopic with Rivulus marmoratus], 1999a; McEachran & Fechhelm, 1998.

Adinia zenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) [misspelling]: Brockman, 1974.

[The species name multifasciata was rejected as a junior secondary homonym in 1882 by Jordan & Gilbert. A name rejected as a junior secondary homonym prior to 1961 is permanently rejected.]