Where Does Rainwater Killifish Live?
Lucania parva
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Where to find Rainwater Killifish
- Water type
- brackish
- Depth
- Typically found in shallow waters, often less than 1 meter (3 feet) deep.
- Environment
- Coastal marshes, estuaries, tidal creeks, lagoons, and occasionally freshwater ponds and slow-moving streams. Prefers areas with dense submerged vegetation or detritus for cover. Tolerant of a wide range of salinities, from freshwater to hypersaline conditions.
- Geographic range
- Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, from New Jersey south to Florida, and west to Texas. Also found in some inland freshwater systems connected to these coastal areas.
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