Habitat Type 





Family and Species 



Reference 



Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Comments 



Cyprinodontidae - killi- 



fishes 



Adinia xenica - 

 diamond killifish 



Cyprinodon variegatus 

 sheepshead minnow 



Floridichthys carpio 

 goldspotted killifish 



Fundulus confluentus 

 marsh killifish 



Fundulus chrysotus 

 golden topminnow 



Fundulus grandis 

 Gulf killifish 



Fundulus heteroclitus 

 Mummichog 



Fundulus seminolis 

 Seminole killifish 



Jordanella floridae 

 flagfish 



Lucania goodei 

 bluefin killifish 



Lucania parva 

 rainwater killifish 



Rivulus marmoratus 

 rivulus 



2,8, 13-15 Plant detritus, diatoms, 

 amphipods , harpacticoid 

 copepods, insects 



2, 7, 8, 

 13-15 



2, 3, 8, 

 13 



Plant detritus, algae, 

 nematodes, small crustaceans 



Odum 1971 



Odum 1971 



Amphipods, ostracods, isopods, Odum 1971 

 copepods, chironomid larvae, 

 nematodes, plant detritus, algae 



2, 8, 13-15 Caridean shrimp, small fish, 



( Gambusia aff inis ) , amphipods , 

 isopods, adult & larval insects, 

 copepods, mysids, ostracods, 

 algal filaments 



14, 15 



Odum 1971 



Rare in mangrove 

 zone, headwater 

 pools only 



Odum 1971 



2,8, 13-15 Amphipods, isopods, xanthid 

 crabs, chironomid larvae, 

 terrestrial insects, snails, 

 algae, small fish (poeciliids) 



7 Small crustaceans (amphipods, Peterson & 

 isopods, ostracods, tanaids, Peterson 

 copepods) , detritus, polychaete 1979 

 worms, insects, snails, inver- 

 tebrate eggs 



14-15 



13-15 



2, 8, 13-15 Small crustaceans (copepods, 



cladocerans, ostracods), insect 

 larvae 



1-3, 5, 8, 

 13-15, 17 



3, 8, 13, 15 



<20 mm: planktonic copepods 

 21-37 nun: amphipods, mysids, 

 chironomid larvae, ostracods, 

 molluscs, plant detritus 



Odum 1971 



Odum 1971 



Primarily a 

 freshwater form, 

 headwater pools 

 only 



Primarily fresh- 

 water , common in 

 pools in headwater 

 regions 



Headwater pools 

 and channel 



Poeciliidae - livebearers 

 Gambusia affinis 

 mosquitofish 



Gambusia rhizophorae 

 mangrove gambusia 



2, 3, 7, 

 13-15 



6, 9 



A versatile feeder: amphipods, 

 chironomid larvae, hydracarina, 

 harpacticoid copepods, snails, 

 ants, adult insects, polychaete 

 worms, ostracods, mosquito pupae 

 algae 



Odum 1971 



Fresh and brackish 

 water in Rhizophora 

 swamps , northern 

 Cuba, southeastern 

 Florida 



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