Saltmarsh topminnow
Fundulus jenkinsi
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- National record
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Recorded profile
- habitat summary
- The saltmarsh topminnow inhabits low-salinity salt marshes and estuaries dominated by Spartina cordgrasses from Galveston Bay, Texas, east to the extreme western portion of the Florida panhandle (Peterson et al. 2003).
- diet
- diet of the saltmarsh topminnow primarily consists of insects and a type of crustacean called amphipods (Lopez et al. eater than two years is rare (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 2009, Lang 2010).
- preferred bait
- Not recorded
- preferred lures
- Not recorded
- techniques
- Not recorded
- peak months
- Not recorded
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Source evidence by state
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