[2] This annual killifish inhabits ephemeral pools in semi-arid areas with scarce and erratic precipitations and have adapted to the routine drying of their environment by evolving desiccation-resistant eggs that can remain dormant in the dry mud for one and maybe more years by entering into diapause.

[3] Among vertebrates, the species has the fastest known sexual maturity – only 14 days after hatching.

Turquoise killifish are the shortest-lived vertebrate kept in captivity[10] making them an attractive model system for ageing and disease research.

[11] Tandem repeats comprise 21% of the species' genome, an abnormally high proportion, which has been suggested as a factor in its fast ageing.

[2] The species name is derived from that of the discoverer Richard E. Furzer of Rhodesia.