The Rivulus kayapo lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.
Rivulus kayapo described Rivulus kayapo n. sp. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new killifish from the serra dos Caiap More
Janeiro named the species Rivulus kayapo in a paper in the journal Zootaxa. Rivulus kayapo is a member of the Rivulus punctatus species group and was discovered in the Rio Caiapo drainage in Brazil's upper Rio Araguaia basin. More