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Descriptor English: Killifishes
Descriptor Spanish: Killifishes
Descriptor killifishes
Scope note: Pequeños peces ovíparos de la familia Cyprinodontidae que a menudo tienen listas o franjas negras. Se utilizan mucho en el control de los mosquitos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Peixes Listrados
Descriptor French: Cyprinodontides ovipares
Entry term(s): Cyprinodon
Cyprinodons
Cyprinodontidae
Pupfishes
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.850.280.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007695
Scope note: Small oviparous fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, usually striped or barred black. They are much used in mosquito control.
Annotation: KILLIFISH; ATLANTIC KILLIFISH; GULF KILLIFISH see FUNDULIDAE and JAPANESE KILLIFISH see ORYZIAS are available; killifish unspecified goes here
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see KILLIFISH 1991-2001, see CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-1990, was see FISHES 1975-1986
History Note: 2002(1975); was see under CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-90; was see under FISHES 1975-86
DeCS ID: 22532
Unique ID: D007695
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Killifishes - Preferred
Concept UI M0012038
Scope note Small oviparous fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, usually striped or barred black. They are much used in mosquito control.
Preferred term Killifishes
Entry term(s) Cyprinodontidae
Pupfishes
Cyprinodon - Narrower
Concept UI M0012036
Scope note A genus in the family Cyprinodontidae.
Preferred term Cyprinodon
Entry term(s) Cyprinodons



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