killifish
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪlɪfɪʃ/
noun ( plural or killifishes)
- a small toothcarp of fresh or brackish water, typically brightly coloured. They are mainly native to America and include many popular aquarium fishes.
- Families Cyprinodontidae (or Fundulidae), which includes numerous genera of egg-laying killifishes, and Poeciliidae, which includes a few live-bearing species
