Brian Bastarache
Bristol Co. Natural History Center/
Bristol Co. Ag. School
135 Center St.
Dighton, MA 02715
At 09:41 PM 3/4/02 -0600, you wrote:
>The first mention i ever heard of this fish was by my cousins, who are
>interpid redfish/speckled trout fisherman along the louisiana Gulf Coast.
>They mentioned this fish to me and, in fact, said that the only time that
>they ever saw it was following a rain.
>
>Bill Allen
>
>
>> >Bruce, great killifish article. Do you know the origin of the common
>name
>> >of the rainwater killifish?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Jay DeLong
>> >Olympia, WA
>> As to rainwater killifish, I've only heard fuzzy stories of their
>appearance
>> in marshes being associated with rainfall along coastal bays. Other than
>> that, I only know that "parva" as in _Lucania parva_ means "small".
>>
>> --Bruce Stallsmith
>> Huntsville, AL, US of A
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