minnows

Now the two male white mountain minnows are battling it out for squating rights of the cool new space I opened up under the filter.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

They did not have white cloud mountain minnows either by that name or by white cloud danio, so I headed to the fish store on University with Madagascar, some kitty litter, a water softening pillow for my tetra, and some other odds and ends in my passenger side seat.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

My poor, dumb white mountain minnows once again have laid eggs.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

Look for the "rain minnows" small shiners dimpling the surface, snook won't be far behind ready to bust them.

Al Keller: Florida Snook Report Tim Romano 2007

White cloud mountain minnows (that’s their common name, the scientific name is tanichthys albonubes – I only remember it because the urban legend is that they were discovered by Chinese Boy Scout named Tan, thus “tan’s fish” = tanichthys.)

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

The International Cricket Council has reversed its decision to cut the number of teams in the 2015 World Cup, throwing a lifeline to the so-called minnows who were fast heading down the international sporting plughole.

ICC Goes Back to 14 Teams for 2015 World Cup 2011

I have seen and been involved in a lot of games like that one, and odd as this may sound the so-called minnows can be quite difficult to play.

Time for England to prove their one-day mettle against India| Duncan Fletcher 2011

The International Cricket Council has reversed its decision to cut the number of teams in the 2015 World Cup, throwing a lifeline to the so-called minnows who were fast heading down the international sporting plughole.

ICC Goes Back to 14 Teams for 2015 World Cup 2011

-- Go to the river or pond, and with a small net (a piece of old mosquito bar will do) collect a dozen or more of the small fishes known as minnows, and put them in your cistern, and in

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

Besides the gross unfairness of sacrificing the so-called "minnows" on the altar of broadcasting schedules - the rights-holding television companies who finance this competition want the big teams playing at weekends, when viewing figures can be maximised - there are now concerns in some quarters that four-day gaps may pose a threat to well-being.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011