Look up: killifish

1. killifish
   The vernacular term applied to the oviparous members of the order Cyprinodontiformes; i.e., any oviparous cyprinodontiform fish. Historically contained within the single family Cyprinodontidae, but presently construed as comprising a number of families, of which the Cyprinodontidae is only one.
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2. killifish
   [n] - small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes
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3. Killifish
   Kil'li·fish` noun (Zoology) 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. ...
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4. killifish
   <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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (21 Jun 2000) ...
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5. killifish
   noun small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control
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6. Killifish
   • (n.) 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. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.
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7. killifish
   any of a few hundred species of usually elongated fishes of the family Cyprinodontidae (order Atheriniformes), found worldwide, especially in the ... [2 related articles]
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8. killifish
   killifish, northern representative, especially the genus Fundulus, of the Cyprinodontidae or toothed minnows, a family that includes also the topminnows and many popular aquarium fishes (e.g., the guppy or rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus) among its brightly colored tropical species. Most North Am...
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9. Killifish
   Killifish is a common name for any of more than 900 species of fishes constituting the order Cyprinodontiformes. Killifishes inhabit fresh, brackish, and coastal marine waters from south-eastern Canada to South America, and in Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia. In deserts, they flourish at ...
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10. Killifish
    A `killifish` is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish (including families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Rivulidae and Valenciidae). All in all there are some 1270 different species of killifish, the biggest family being Rivulidae,...
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