This wonderful tree thrives in saline waters with low oxygen. Forming extensive roots, mangroves are home to crabs, crustaceans, algae, and biota for the bonefish to feed on. Incoming tides will bring bonefish from deeper waters into the mangroves traversing the flats. A falling tide will have bonefish leaving the mangroves. Mangrove swamps provide stability to the subtropical tidal zones. This is where bonefish, mutton snappers, little jacks, all nosh.