Mummichog in 1973. The genus name "Fundulus" comes from "", meaning bottom, from the fish's habit of swimming near muddy bottoms. The species name "heteroclitus" means irregular or unusual. The type specimen was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1766, from near Charleston, South Carolina. Other scientific names now considered synonyms for this species include "Cobitis heteroclita", "Fundulus fasciatus", "Fundulus pisculentus", and "Fundulus nigrofasciatus". The mummichog belongs to the order Cyprinodontiformes, and the family Fundulidae. There are two subspecies: "F. h. heteroclitus" (Linnaeus, 1766), in the south and "F. h. macrolepidotus" (Walbaum, 1792) in the north. The name mummichog is derived
What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, "Riddles Wisely Expounded". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some