RE: NANFA-- Land fish

Jay DeLong (thirdwind_at_att.net)
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:48:41 -0800

> > A bunch of _Rivulus_ species have been observed moving around
> damp forest
> > floors. _Marmoratus_ isn't one of them, since it lives in tidal mangrove
> > swamps.
>
> True, but it does leave the water and burrow through leaf litter according
> to Huehner, et al., 1985, Notes on the behavior and ecology of
> the killifish
> Rivulus marmoratus. Fla. Sci. 48(1): 1-7, cited in Carter
> Gilbert's book on the rare & endangered fish of Florida.

Bruce, I think I read about it on Bruce Turner's Rivulus webpage you pointed
out awhile back. Do you recall that link?

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Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA
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