U.S. [ad. mod.L. swampina (former specific name), f. SWAMP sb.: see -INE1.] The green killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. ii. 122. Another migrating fish was found by thousands in the ponds … of Carolina, by Bosc…. They belong to a genus of abdominal fishes [note, Hydrargyra] and are called swampines.
