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The word killifish is of uncertain origin, but is likely to have come from the Dutch kil for a kill (small stream). [4] Although killifish is sometimes used as an English equivalent to the taxonomical term Cyprinodontidae, this is only one of several families that are referred to as Killifish. Cyprinodontidae more specifically refers to the ...
The eggs are pale yellow, about 2 mm (0.08 in) in diameter, and strongly adhesive. During a spawning event, a female can deposit up to 740 eggs in separate clutches of 10 to 300 eggs at a time. [13] The eggs adhere to plants, algal mats, empty mussel shells, sand, or mud at sites that are reached by water only at high spring tides. [13]
The Tanganyika killifish (Lamprichthys tanganicanus) is a species of poeciliid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it forms large schools, mainly close to rocky shores but also pelagically off shore. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. It is an egglayer with external fertilization, and deposits its eggs in narrow crevices.
He now offers three large Nelms brand “grade A” eggs in a plastic bag for $2.99 at the shop on East 166th Street and Third Avenue in Morrisania. Pamela’s Green Deli owner Fernando Rodriguez ...
The mangrove rivulus or mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus (syn. Rivulus marmoratus), [2] [3] is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae.It lives in brackish and marine waters (less frequently in fresh water) along the coasts of Florida, through the Antilles, and along the eastern and northern Atlantic coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America (south to Brazil).
This annual killifish inhabits ephemeral pools in semi-arid areas with scarce and erratic precipitations and have adapted to the routine drying of their environment by evolving desiccation-resistant eggs that can remain dormant in the dry mud for one and maybe more years by entering into diapause.
Pennsylvania state police are scrambling to find the thieves who poached 100,000 organic eggs worth an estimated $40,000 from Pete and Gerry’s Organics LLC, in Greencastle.
The pike topminnow (Belonesox belizanus), more commonly known as pike killifish and sometimes referred to as topminnow, [2] [3] is a species of poeciliid found from Mexico to Nicaragua. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has also been introduced to Florida , USA.