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We explored spatial variation in sex-biased parasitism in mangrove rivulus (Kryptolebias marmoratus), an androdioecious fish in which simultaneous hermaphrodites can facultatively transition to male. Using cup traps deployed in the mangroves, we sampled populations that varied in sex ratio; three with relatively high and low percentages of males in Belize and the Florida Keys, respectively. Fish were sexed, and their external bodies and all organs were examined for parasites using microscopy. Hermaphrodites had significantly higher parasite species diversity overall (Simpson\u2019s index). Sex differences existed for only one parasite species (heart-specific\u00a0Ascocotyle sp. digenean metacercariae), with significantly male-biased parasitism in one Belizean population and significantly hermaphrodite-biased parasitism in another. 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