[Killietalk] Re: Killies for a container water garden?

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Jason,

jps3 at lehigh_edu wrote:
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> The american flag fish sound interesting, am reading up more. Are these a 
> species of killie? One source on the web described them as such, another as 
> "pupfish" but I have not found anything that correlates the two. Is 
> "pupfish" a synonym for killie?

It is a special class of killifish, that includes the *J. floridae*, 
American-Flag Fish, the *Cyprinodons* and the *Garmenella pulchra*. All 
are killifish.

It is just a general catch-all name that describes their typical 
behaviour and distinctive shape. Sorta like "Lampeyes" describes a 
number of species of schooling killies.

Wright

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