Talk:Minnow
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Removed redirect to gambusia, as it was extremely misleading. Gambusia affinis, the mosquitofish, is the subject of that article, and it is not even remotely a minnow. It is a viviparous member of order Cyprinodontiformes, not a cyprinid (minnows and carps) at all. (In fact, the Siluriformes—catfish—are more closely related to true minnows than Gambusia is.) —Tkinias 08:39, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I reverted Wiglaf's change; the use of minnow to refer to a stickleback is, according to OED, a specifically British regional usage, not Eurasia-wide. This could probably be clarified, though. —Tkinias 03:17, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Well done. I am ashamed to admit that I read the text too carelessly and thought that it was yet another anglo-centric text telling that a particular animal was to be found in Britain.Wiglaf 14:39, 11 Apr 2004 (CET)
