Author: (Lesueur, 1817)
FBname: Banded killifish
Comments: Inhabits shallow, quiet margins of lakes, ponds and sluggish streams, usually over sand or mud and often near vegetation.  Enters brackish water.  Forms schools a few inches below surface of water (Ref. 5723, 86798).  Euryhaline and salinity-tolerant (Ref. 5951).  Feeds on small crustaceans, mollusks and worms (Ref. 93252). Not a seasonal killifish.  Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).