Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Common name: mummichog
Scientific name: Fundulus heteroclitus
Locations: sheltered shores
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: gray, silver, dark green, steel blue
Size: 4”
Collected: dip net
Quantity: by the each
Tidepool Tim says, "The mummichog is only of few fish that is truly universal through the entire coastline of the Gulf of Maine. Between Cape sable and Cape Cod, mummies inhabit every estuary, salt march, muddy creek, and sheltered shore line. We use our dip net to scoop them up!"