Table l. — Species and numbers of fish caught in gill nets 

 during September-December 1973 in St. Andrew Bay, Fla. 



Species 



Number 

 caught 



Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus 3,467 



Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus 2,504 



Atlantic croaker, Micropogon undulatus 2,335 



Pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides 1,661 



Pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera 905 



Sea catfish, Arius felis 853 



Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix 594 



Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus 563 



Yellowfin menhaden, Brevoortia smithi 473 



Gafftopsail catfish, Bagre mannus 239 



Crevalle jack, Caranx hippos 212 



Blue runner. Caranx crysos 211 



Little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus 170 



Inshore lizardfish, Synodus foetens 123 



Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae 94 



Bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo 91 



Gulf flounder, Paralichthys albigutta 89 



Florida pompano, Tracliinotus carolinus 86 



Atlantic bumper, Chloroscombrus chrysurus 78 



Ladyfish, Elops saurus 74 



Cobia, Rachycentron canadum 46 



Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus 40 



Blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus 39 



Harvestfish, Peprilus alepidotus 34 



Yellow jack, Caranx bartholomaei 34 



Remora, Remora remora 32 



Hybrid menhaden, Brevoortia smithi > patronus 29 



Sand seatrout, Cynoscion arenarius 29 



Skipjack herring. Alosa chrysochloris 28 



Bighead searobin, Pnonotus tribulus 22 



Spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus 22 



Striped mullet, Mugil cephalus 22 



Leatherjacket, Oligoplites saurus 22 



Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum 17 



Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus 16 



Florida smoothhound, Mustelus norrisi 15 



Black drum, Pogonias cromis 12 



Alabama shad, ,4/osa alabamae 11 



Gray snapper, Lutianus griseus 10 



Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus laber 10 



Southern sea bass, Centropristis melana 8 



Atlantic threadfin, Polydactylus octonemus 7 



Finetooth shark, Aprionodon isodon 7 



Sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus 6 



Gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta 6 



Orange filefish, Alulerus schoepfi 5 



Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis 5 



Sand perch, Diplectrum formosum 5 



Atlantic moonfjsh. Vomer setapinnis 5 



Hogchoker, Trmectes maculatus 4 



White mullet, Mugil curema 4 



Hammerhead shark, Sphyrna sp. 3 



Southern stargazer, Astroscopus y-graecum 3 



Smooth dogfish. Mustelus canis 3 



Scorpionfish, Scorpaena sp. 2 



Guaguanche, Sphyraena guachancho 2 



Striped burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 2 



Dusky flounder, Syacium papillosum 2 

 Tarpon, Megalops atlantica 

 Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas 

 Tripletail, Lobotes sunnamensis 

 Shrimp eel, Ophichthus gomesi 

 Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus milberti 

 Bonefish, Albula vulpes 

 Halfbeak. Hyporhamphus unifasciatus 



Total 15,398 



chrysoptera; sea catfish, Arius felis; bluefish, 

 Pomatomus saltatrix; Spanish mackerel, Scom- 

 beromorus maculatus; yellowfin menhaden, Bre- 

 voortia smithi; and gafftopsail catfish, Bagre 

 marinus (Table 1). Catches per day of each of 

 these are shown in Figure 3. 



Figure 2. — Frontal periods, mean air and water temperatures, 

 and numbers of species and individuals caught per 24-h period 

 in St. Andrew Bay, Fla., September-December 1973. 



Figure 3. — Frontal periods and number of individuals caught 

 by species per 24-h period in St. Andrew Bay, Fla., September- 

 December 1973. 



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