What are BANDED KILLIFISH?
Banded Killifish are small, 65-75 mm (2.5-3 in), slightly elongate, minnow– shaped fish with a distinct flattened top of head in the family Cyprinidontidae. They are brown to olive-green on the back becoming silvery or yellow-silvery on the sides and white or yellowish white below. Twelve to 20 vertical black bars are apparent on their sides.They occur in quiet, freshwaters from western Ontario east to the Maritime provinces. Banded Killifish eat insect larvae, ostracods, cladocera and copepods.
