Mangrove Rivulus
Kryptolebias marmoratus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The mangrove rivulus or mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus, is a species of killifish in the family Rivulidae. It lives in brackish and marine waters along the coasts of Florida, through the Antilles, and along the eastern and northern Atlantic coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America. It has a very wide tolerance of both salinity and temperature, can survive for about two months on land, and mostly breeds by self-fertilization. It is typically found in areas with red mangrove and sometimes lives in burrows of Cardisoma guanhumi crabs.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Rivulidae
- Genus
- Kryptolebias