The mighty Killi!

Now, you may be asking yourself, “What the hell is a killifish?” Well, join the crowd! It is amazing to think we have been keeping fish decoratively since about 960 with everyone and his retarded brother keeping a ten gallon tank of tetras or guppies, but I run into this question every day at work!
As is described by the AKA, The American Killifish Association, Killifish are fish from the Family Cyprinodontidae, the egg laying tooth carps. There are hundreds of varieties coming from several continents, including our own for a change and many of these are beautifully colored! I highly recommend visiting this site if you appreciate pretty fish or even digital photography! How this Swedish guy gets his fish to pose is a good trick! “Hold still Erin or you won’t get your hot Lutefisk!” Anyway, before I rudely interrupted myself, these fish are very diversified as far as breeding styles, color, size and availability! This picture is a fish called Fundulas diaphanous. This beauty has a wide distribution here in the country, with a nice population in the Naselle River inlet. Of course these little brackish water dwellers are a transplant from years ago when someone thought these fish from the southern United States would take care of mosquitoes in a sewer treatment plant! Of course this is speculation, but really, can’t you totally see some idiot, unknowingly doing this? Yup I can.
I have kept this species for almost a year now in a 30 breeder aquarium in my back yard with limited success in breeding more, but they are beautiful to look at!

Fundulas diaphanus