Mayfly vs Sunfish - What's the difference?
mayfly | sunfish |
Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
* 2002 , John Gooderham, Edward Tsyrlin, The Waterbug Book ,
* 2005 , Terry Hellekson, Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art ,
* 2010 , Barbara L. Peckarsky, J. David Allan, Angus R. McIntosh, Brad W. Taylor, Chapter 9: Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems'', Ian Billick, Mary V. Price (editors), ''The Ecology of Place ,
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
As nouns the difference between mayfly and sunfish
is that mayfly is any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults while sunfish is any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.mayfly
English
(wikipedia mayfly)Noun
(mayflies)page 132,
- Adult mayflies' have large compound eyes and most have two pairs of wings.' Mayfly nymphs are distinguished by their three tails (two cerci and a terminal filament) and the set of gills on each side of their abdomen.
page 213,
- Mayflies are fragile, gossamer-winged insects that arise from bodies of water and often swarm in great numbers.
page 195,
- Stoneflies have negligible consumptive (thin solid line) and behavioral effects (thin dashed line) on mayfly' abundance. Consumption by trout decreases the abundance of '''mayflies''' (solid line), but trout suppress ' mayfly emigration (drift) and thereby increase their abundance (thick dashed line).
