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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