Killifish

Di Guilio says it's happened in North Carolina too, with something called killifish. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The functions of the fish, a minnow called the killifish, have been affected in ways that could harm reproduction, the study found. ❋ By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON (2011)

Specifically, he's looking for small fish such as killifish, gambusia and anchovies.

A recent study from Louisiana State University found that a common marsh fish species—the killifish—have been severely damaged and deformed by the oil, threatening their ability to reproduce. ❋ Rocky Kistner (2011)

Atlantic silverside, Atlantic menhaden, mummichog, striped killifish, and winter flounder comprised more than 92 percent of the sample. ❋ Kyle Rabin (2011)

As Times-Picayune outdoors writer Bob Marshall reported recently, scientists are concerned that low levels of toxic compounds could be damaging fish species like the marsh-dwelling killifish, a key species of the gulf ecosystem: ❋ Rocky Kistner (2011)

For example, Adenia italicized is a genus if killifish and also of passionflowers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Common fish are carp Cyprinus carpio and eel Anguilla anguilla; a threatened species is the Spanish killifish Aphanius iberus. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When a killifish brings a fluke to a bird, the killifish dies in the process. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

As killifish search for prey they alternate between hovering and darting around. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

The cercariae explore the salt marsh to find their next host, the California killifish. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

It stared into the muddy water and then struck a few times, the last time bringing up a killifish. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

In Ecoregion 27, the plains killifish occurs in large numbers in some streams. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Altered behavior of parasitized killifish increases susceptibility to predation by bird final hosts. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

The most common fishes in Ecoregion 25 are the red shiner and the plains killifish. 25b. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Common fishes include the red shiner, sand shiner, suckermouth minnow, and plains killifish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The hostess opens the door, passes a glass and plastic plate for the goat cheese and wafers, a toast to the mangrove killifish! ❋ Unknown (2009)

He caught guppies of both sexes and transplanted them to a tributary of the same stream that contained no guppies and no dangerous predators, although the weak predator killifish were present. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

When Lafferty started working with the parasites, nothing was known about their effects on their killifish hosts. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)