Mangrove rivulus
Kryptolebias marmoratus
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Recorded profile
- habitat summary
- The mangrove rivulus inhabits mangrove forests from southeastern Brazil through the Antilles and Central America to Florida (Taylor 1999). In Florida, this species is found on the Atlantic coast from the Keys to Volusia County and from the Keys to Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast (Taylor 1999, Briggs and Brown 1986, S. Taylor pers. comm. 2012). They are an amphibious/fossorial species (they are capable of living on land and water, burrowers on land). Most of their time is spent on land where they can be found hidden in rotten wet logs or under moist leaf litter (Taylor et al. 2008).
- diet
- diet of the mangrove rivulus primarily consists of worms, copepods (small crustaceans), mosquito larvae, and their own eggs when held captive (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association).
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