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Killifish

Killifish

(Science: marine biology) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus fundulus and allied genera.

They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black.

Synonym: minnow, and brook fish.


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Re: Plants and fish in the same waters as the cherry shrimp?

... in the wild. I've found a number of small danios that are from SE Asia but I'm not sure if they live in the same waters, I haven't looked into killifish yet. PS: What do you mean by spp? Do you mean species? I'm Dutch so I can't say my English is perfect.

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by johnnycash
Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:00 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Plants and fish in the same waters as the cherry shrimp?
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Plants and fish in the same waters as the cherry shrimp?

... of danios. I believe they are SE asian in origin and there are a lot of tiny spp that likely can't eat your shrimp. There might also be some killifish or other poeceliads that could coexist.

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by Endangered
Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:22 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Plants and fish in the same waters as the cherry shrimp?
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Name game

A phyosemion sjoestedt i Multicolored killifish from West Africa: http://images.killi.net/s/SJO/00-Copr_1997_Stephen_Boulet_504x326x24_28967s.jpg

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by far-out
Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:11 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Name game
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The Fiber Disease

... aries (Sheep) 4,081 Rattus norvegicus (Rat) 72,085 Sus scrofa (Pig) 37,862 Actinopterygii Danio rerio (Zebrafish) 32,539 Fundulus heteroclitus (Killifish) 3,154 Gasterosteus aculeatus (Three spined stickleback) 14,936 Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout) 24,466 Oryzias latipes (Japanese medaka) ...

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by Skytroll
Sun May 21, 2006 3:36 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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