Specifically, he's looking for small fish such as killifish, gambusia and anchovies. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Adaptable: The killifish can alter the way it breathes. From Wordnik.com. [The Fish That Can Survive For Months in a Tree | Impact Lab] Reference
In Ecoregion 27, the plains killifish occurs in large numbers in some streams. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference
For example, Adenia italicized is a genus if killifish and also of passionflowers. From Wordnik.com. [Zantedeschia elliottiana - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The most common fishes in Ecoregion 25 are the red shiner and the plains killifish. 25b. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference
Common fishes include the red shiner, sand shiner, suckermouth minnow, and plains killifish. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference
About a quarter of the world's 350 species of killifish live here, half of which are endemic. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa] Reference
In shallow water Mediterranean killifish Aphanius fasciatus and seahorse Syngnathus abaster are found. From Wordnik.com. [Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia] Reference
Most of my work has been at the species identification level, mostly killifish, predominately Rivulids. From Wordnik.com. [(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Adult fish residing here include topsmelt, California killifish, staghorn sculpin and longjaw mudsucker. From Wordnik.com. [Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California] Reference
Christy, if you want some purty pictures to peruse, try this freshwater aquarium fish site for killifish. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Good Governance Is More Than CYA…] Reference
Biologists studying the killifish say they are astonished it can cope for so long out of its natural habitat. From Wordnik.com. [The Fish That Can Survive For Months in a Tree | Impact Lab] Reference
Common fish are carp Cyprinus carpio and eel Anguilla anguilla; a threatened species is the Spanish killifish Aphanius iberus. From Wordnik.com. [Doñana National Park, Spain] Reference
The evolution of diapause in the killifish family rivulidae (Atherinomorpha, Cyprinodontiformes): A molecular, phylogenetic, and biogeographic perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the coastal forests of Eastern Africa] Reference
Some of the common resident species in the creeks throughout the year include smaller fish like mummichogs, killifish, sheepshead minnows, blennies, gobies, and silversides. From Wordnik.com. [North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina] Reference
The latest discovery was made by biologists wading through swamps in Belize and Florida who found hundreds of killifish hiding out of the water in the rotting branches and trunks of trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Fish That Can Survive For Months in a Tree | Impact Lab] Reference
The banded killifish, blackchin shiner, and pugnose shiner are now found exclusively in Ecoregion 53b (Illinois Natural History Survey, on-line resource); the former two species are presently listed as threatened in the state, whereas the latter is endangered in Illinois (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, on-line resource “b”). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Illinois (EPA)] Reference
The "mangrove killifish" would be ideal, and more than one. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Thanks to all of the killifish experts who have volunteered!. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping] Reference
The room consists of 22 tanks, plus additional containers that hold killifish eggs or fry and live food cultures. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)] Reference
At any time there could be up to 12 plastic tubs holding killifish fry and about another 12 holding killifish eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)] Reference
I adapted a method for keeping killifish fry healthy when held in small containers that have no aeration or filtration. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)] Reference
Angelo Bisazza at the University of Padova decided to test this idea, by looking at small freshwater fish called killifish. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
In the case of the killifish in this experiment, partitioning roles to different parts of the brain seems to have brought clear benefits. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
He has published research on shoaling, or grouping behavior, in zebra fish, molly fish, painted tetras, killifish and female fighting fish. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Some guppies live in havens that are largely predator-free except for the killifish, a small fish that only takes the smallest juvenile guppies. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
He then filled them with guppies captured from two different types of populations - either those adapted to killifish or those adapted to pike-cichlids. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Compared to the killifish-adapted guppies, the cichlid-adapted ones were generally smaller (as expected), and ate far less algae but more insect larvae. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Guppies that faced the baby-eating killifish did the opposite - their focus is on survival in those early years, so they mature later and have fewer but larger babies. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Dadda and Bisazza occasionally placed a tank containing the larger predatory pumpkinseed sunfish in front of the feeding area, so that any killifish swimming across found itself face-to-face with a threat. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Almost immediately, bulges and swirls gave away a school of redfish rooting through the oystergrass, pouncing on shrimp, small crabs, bay anchovies, killifish, small mullet and whatever other forage they could roust from the cover. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Something else caught my eye, they’re selling killifish eggs under the name “Magic Fish.”. From Wordnik.com. [Edmund Scientific selling pseudoscience? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Kennedy is probably right: most of the pond’s perch, whitebait, and killifish had been swept out to sea. From Wordnik.com. [Another Hamptons Whodunit] Reference
(2004) Population variation in opsin expression in the bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei: a real-time PCR study. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
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