How to Use killifish in a Sentence

killifish

noun

• And the killifish is not the only species to have managed this feat.
  — Cal Flyn, WSJ, 3 June 2021
• The fish there survive levels of pollution up to 8,000 times the lethal dose for most killifish.
  — National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2016
• Best bait is live killifish or shrimp fished on bottom.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 9 Dec. 2021
• Snowy egrets stalked the shallows, stabbing menhaden and killifish and the occasional shrimp swept along in the current.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
• For instance, the African killifish lives a fleeting life, expiring just a few months after birth.
  — Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2018
• So the parasite creates cysts on its host’s brain, causing the hapless killifish to splash around on the surface of the water and flash its shiny belly, baiting the birds.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2022
• Live mullet or killifish are by far the best bait but a jig tipped with shrimp and worked slowly along bottom also catches some of these tasty flatfish.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 15 Nov. 2019
• But a 2019 study found that the intrepid eggs of the killifish, which can enter a kind of hibernation to survive dry spells buried in sand and soil, were able to survive a trip through both ends of a swan.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2020
• The researchers sequenced the entire genomes of these fish and compared them to the genomes of killifish in unpolluted waters nearby each site.
  — National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2016
• And several studies published in the past 3 years suggest the eyes of killifish and water fleas vary in size depending on the presence of predators.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 27 Oct. 2020
• For about 5 to 6 months, this killifish, roughly the size of a thumb, puts most of its embryo’s critical body processes—including muscle and nerve cell growth—on hold.
  — Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS, 20 Feb. 2020
• The smaller reds readily take live shrimp and killifish minnows, while the lunkers prefer finger mullet, grunts and pinfish.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Nov. 2019
• No new species of non-native fish were turned in, but some unusual catches included pacu, pike killifish and brown hoplo.
  — Jan Engoren, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 May 2017
• The flatworm begins its life in a snail, then moves into a California killifish, then to its final destination in the gut of a predatory water bird, such as a heron or egret.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2022
• Baitfish traps are easy to use, and are very effective at collecting some small baitfish, including pinfish, killifish, and mud or bull minnows.
  — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• Take the trematode preying on the California killifish, a normally secretive bait fish that hangs out in western salt marshes.
  — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• Meanwhile, golden topminnows and killifish shelter in the shadows hoping to avoid bass and bream lurking in the underwater forest created by the tall stalks and flower stems.
  — Ben Raines | [e-mail], AL.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• The winners in a rapidly changing world will likely be creatures, like the killifish, who are numerous and genetically diverse.
  — Cal Flyn, WSJ, 3 June 2021
• Beneath its dull green surface teems a population of Atlantic killifish, a silvery topminnow that's common along the Eastern Seaboard.
  — Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
• Silva further tells Marconi that killifish eggs deposited in dry soil can survive until rain replenishes their habitat.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 18 June 2019
• This video compares the embryos and life spans of killifish who either experienced or skipped diapause, capturing time-lapses and detailed snapshots of their embryonic development.
  — Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS, 20 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024