Mangrove Rivulus

Mangrove rivulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Class	Osteichthyes
Sub-class	Actinopterygii
Infra-class	Actinopteri
Order Information
Superorder	Acanthopterygii
Order	Cyprinodontiformes
Family Information
Family	Aplocheilidae
Genus Information
Genus	Rivulus
Species Information
Species	R. marmoratus
Population statistics

The Mangrove rivulus (Rivulus marmoratus) is a tropical fish that lives in mangrove swamps across the Americas and can survive out of water for months. Evolutionists claim that this is similar to how animals adapted to land millions of years ago, although creationists, especially young-earth creationists, dispute that claim.

When their habitat dries up, they live on the land in logs, said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program in central Florida. ^[1]

The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together in logs hollowed out by insects and breathe air through their skin instead of their gills until they can find water again.

See also[edit]

Scott Taylor

• Cod
• Royal Fish

External links[edit]

• What the Bible Says About Fish
• Mangrove Rivulus

References[edit]

1. ↑ Tropical fish can live for months out of water