Articles are submitted by individuals, who are acknowledged on the appropriate page. If you are interested in submitting an article, contact Barry Cooper . Newcomers to the killifish hobby should not be intimidated by the scientific names that are used by serious hobbyists. These can be difficult to remember and to pronounce at first. They are used because they are specific, even if they change occasionally when scientists find it necessary to reclassify certain species.
Common names are easy but ambiguous, often varying in different parts of the world.
If you are new to the hobby, it is fine just to know that you have, for example, a pair of lyretails, or even a pair of killies. This page prepared by Barry J. Cooper.