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Killifish

<font size="3">A <b>killifish</b> is any of various small, mainly </font><a title="Oviparous" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparous"><font size="3">oviparous</font></a><font size="3"> (egg-laying) </font><a title="Cyprinodont" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodont"><font size="3">cyprinodont fish</font></a><font size="3"> (order </font><a title="Cyprinodontiformes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodontiformes"><font size="3">Cyprinodontiformes</font></a><font size="3">, family </font><a title="Cyprinodontidae" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodontidae"><font size="3">Cyprinodontidae</font></a><font size="3">). The name <i>killifish</i> is derived from the </font><a title="Dutch language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language"><font size="3">Dutch</font></a><font size="3"> word "kilde", meaning <i>small creek</i>, <i>puddle</i>. Most killies are small fish, one to two inches (2.5 to 5 cm). The largest is under six inches (15 cm), but only a few species are this large. Although <i>killifish</i> is sometimes used as an English equivalent to </font><a title="Cyprinodontidae" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodontidae"><font size="3">Cyprinodontidae</font></a><font size="3">, some species belonging to this family have their own common names, such as the </font><a title="Pupfish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupfish"><font size="3">pupfish</font></a><font size="3"> and the </font><a title="Mummichog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummichog"><font size="3">mummichog</font></a><font size="3">.</font>[attach]6896[/attach]<br/>

I wonder how names can be misleading sometimes...<br/><br/>"Anglefish" is nothing like angle, and "Killifish" is nothing like killer...<br/><br/>Suddenly I just think of Shakespeare's saying, "Whatever a rose is called, it still has its fragance"... <br/>

<p>"Whatever a rose is called, it still has its fragance" ,it is for the killifish;</p><p>"Whatever a rose is called, it still has its sting" will&nbsp;be the case&nbsp;for anglefish.</p>[em01]

I still don't know why anglefish is called anglefish...<br/><br/>It looks more like a fallen angle to me... <br/>

<p>ha,therapist comes again.</p><p>angler is not angier</p><p>An angler is a person who catches fish and that is exactly what the anglerfish does.</p>[em07]

WHAT?! with a "r"????? Never noticed it until this moment... <br/>[em04][em04][em04][em04]<br/><br/>I've always thought it's "angle-fish" <br/>

angle is not an angel~

Oh, so lovely fish... Is there any picture for my pal shrimps???? <br/>
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<div class="msgheader">QUOTE:</div><div class="msgborder"><b>以下是引用<i>紫虾仙子</i>在2007-4-13 17:52:13的发言：</b><br/>Oh, so lovely fish... Is there any picture for my pal shrimps???? <br/><br/></div><p></p><p>If u share your pic, we'll have it then~</p>

<div class="msgheader">QUOTE:</div><div class="msgborder"><b>以下是引用<i>紫虾仙子</i>在2007-4-13 17:52:13的发言：</b><br/>Oh, so lovely fish... Is there any picture for my pal shrimps???? <br/><br/></div><p></p><p>[attach]6921[/attach]</p><p>you mean these? i love them too, esp well cooked <br/></p>[em02]

Fishie... ha...ha...ha... you are SOOOOOOOOO right! I've mistaken "angle" as "angel" without noticing at all... <br/>[em04][em04][em04][em04]<br/><br/>I suppose either I need a new pair of glasses, or I need to copy "angle" and "angel" with their respective Chinese meaning 500 times... <br/>

talking about shrimps... I mean this type...<br/>[img]http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/images/amano_shrimp.jpg[/img]<br/><br/>Not the type that's frozen... <br/>

Frozen ones are more attractive~

I prefer those red ones. &nbsp;[em02]

I like "Nimo".