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Table 2.— Continued. 



Species 



1975 



1976 



1977 



Total 



Frequency of 

 occurrence 



Pomacentridae 



Abudefduf saxatilis. sergeant major 

 Lobotidae 



Lobotes surinamensis. tnpletail 

 Blenniidae 



Hypsoblennius sp . blenny 

 Goblidae 



Gobionellus hastatus. sharptail goby 

 Ophidiidae 



Lepophidium sp., cusk eel 

 Exocoetidae 



Hemiramphus brasiliensis. ballyhoo 



Hyporhamphus unifasciatus. halfbeak 

 Belonldae 



Strongylura marina. Atlantic needlefish 

 Cypnnodontidae 



Fundulus similis, longnose killifish 

 Atherinidae 



Menidia beryllina. tidewater silverside 



Membras martinica, rough silverside 

 Syngnafhidae 



Syngnathus louisianae . chain pipefish 



S. floridae. dusky pipefish 



S- scovelli. gulf pipefish 



Hippocampus zosterae. dwarf seahorse 

 Sciaenidae 



Bairdiella chrysoura. silver perch 



Cynoscion arenahus. sand seatrout 



C nebulosus. spotted seatrout 



Leiostomus xanthurus . spot 



Menticirrhus littoralis. gulf kingfish 



M. americanus. southern kingfish 



M. saxatilis. king whiting 



Larimus fasclatus . banded croaker 



Micropogonias undulalus , Atlantic croaker 

 Carangidae 



Chloroscombrus chrysurus. Atlantic bumper 



Trachlnotus carolinus. Florida pompano 



T falcatus. permit 



Oligoplites saurus. leatherjacket 



Caranx hippos, crevalle jack 



Seriola zonata, banded rudderfish 



Selene vomer, lookdown 

 Dactyloscopidae 



Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, sand stargazer 

 Triglidae 



Prionotus tribulus . bighead searobin 

 Cynoglossidae 



Symphurus plagiusa, blackcheek tonguefish 

 Bothidae 



CItharichthys macrops, spotted whiff 



EIropus sp., flounder 



Paralichthys albigutta. gulf flounder 



P lethostigma, southern flounder 

 Tetraodontidae 



Sphoeroides sp., puffer 

 Balistidae 



Monacanthus hispidus. planehead filefish 



Aluterus schoepfi. orange filefish 

 Diodontidae 



Chilomycterus schoepfi. striped burrfish 



Totals 



12.415 



96,763 



1 

 45,291 



1 

 154.469 



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Carangidae, and Sciaenidae. The dusky anchovy, 

 Anchoa lyolepis, and the scaled sardine, Haren- 

 gula jaguana, w^ere numerically most important 

 making up 80.2% of the total number of fishes 

 collected. These species were abundant in all 3 yr, 

 although A. lyolepis was most numerous in 1975 

 and 1977 and H. jaguana in 1976. The families 

 Sciaenidae and Carangidae were represented by 

 nine and seven species, respectively. The gulf king- 



fish, Menticirrhus littoralis, although only eighth 

 in number, exhibited the highest frequency of oc- 

 currence (67%) of any species. The Florida pom- 

 pano, Trachinotus carolinus, was the only caran- 

 gid regularly occurring in the surf zone. 



Relationships within two genera, Sardinella 

 (Clupeidae) and Menidia (Atherinidae), are cur- 

 rently uncertain for the Gulf of Mexico. We fol- 

 lowed Houde and Fore ( 1973 ) and Hoese and Moore 



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