instant fish

instant fish
a commercial venture by the Wham-O Toy Company in the early 1960s. Members of the killifish family from Africa lay eggs in mud at the beginning of the dry season and these hatch when it rains. The idea was to sell mud or a mud substitute containing the eggs, adding water would result in "instant fish". However the idea was not commercially viable as not enough eggs were laid at a time but the eggs have been used in a limited way for educational purposes

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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