1) Cyprinodont 2) Fish 3) Mind-altering parasite
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1) Flagfish 2) Fundulus 3) Mayfish 4) Mummichog 5) Rivulus
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A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish (including families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Rivulidae and Valenciidae). Altogether, there are some 1270 different species of killifish, the biggest family being Rivulidae, containing more than 320 species. Although killif...
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• (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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Egg laying toothcarps. (Compare Livebearers). There are two types of Killifish, the Annuals and the non-Annuals. Annual Killifish inhabit temporary bodies of water that completely dry up during part of the year. These fish have a short lifespan and rapid growth rate, reaching maturity within a few months. They lay eggs that remain dormant until the...
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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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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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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. Called also minnow , and brook fish
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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 the highest temperatures and salinities tolerated ...
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n] - small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes
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noun small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control
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any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, esp. of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters. · any of several livebearers. Cf. least killifish.
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