Appendix 3. Continued, 



ScUenops occl latus (Linnaeus) 

 Red Drun 



Stel 1 tfer lanceoUtus (Holbrook) 

 Star DrijTi 



Ecological 

 affinity 



Trophic 

 relations 



Carnivores; predators 

 on fishes and crus- 

 taceans 



Local 

 distribution 



Widespread in saMne and 

 brackish areas, often In 

 shal low marsh, ponds, and 

 streams 



Mainly In high salinity 

 areas; lower bays, 

 passes 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



Economic 

 importance 



Abundant especially In fall 

 and early winter 



Sparse; occasionally taken 

 In trawls 



Valuable game- 

 fish 



FAMILY EPHIPPIDAE 

 SPADEflSHES 



Chaetodipterus faber 



Atlantic Spadefish 



fAJ^JLY MUCILIOAE 

 MULLETS 



Young 



Mu^il cephalus Linnaeus 



Striped **]llet - Adults 



Striped HjI let - Young 



ttnnivore; grazer 

 on attached algae, 

 foul log Invertebrates 



Onni vore; primarl ly 

 herbivorous; 

 -forage species 



Onnlvore; primarily 

 herbivorous 



Mainly In high sal Inlty 

 areas, near tidal passes 



Broadly euryhaline; 

 to freshwater; 



Broadly euryhaline; to 

 freshwater; widespread; 

 planktonic larvae 

 offshore 



Moderately abundant, locally, 

 especially during sunrier and fall 



Abundant , v^ar-round 



Abundant, especially late 

 winter, early spring 



None 



FAMILY ELEOTRIOAE 

 SLEEPERS 



Dormitator maculatus (Bloch) ES 



fat Sleeper 

 El eotrls pisonis (Gmel In) ES 



Splnycheek Sleeper 



FAMILY GOBIIDAE 

 GOBIES 



Evorthodus lyricus (Girard) ES 



Lyre Goby 



Gobioides broussoneti Lacepede ES 



Violet Goby 



Goblonel lus boleosoma (Jordan and ES 



Gilbert) 

 Darter Goby 



GobloncUus hastatus Girard ES 



Sharptail Goby 



Goblonel lus s^kj feldtl (Jordan and ES 



Elgenmann) 

 Freshwater Goby 



Goblosawa bosci (Lacepede) ES 



Naked Goby 

 Gobiosoma robustuw Glnsburg ES 



Code Goby 



Microqoblus gulosus (Girard) ES 



Clown Goby 



Mlcroqobius thalassinus {Jordan ES 



and Gilbert) 

 Green Goby 



Carnivore; predator 

 on fishes , macro- 

 Invertebrates 



Same as fat sleeper 



Onnlvore; grazer on 

 algae, benthlc 

 invertebrates 



Broadly eurytial ine; 

 mainly In ditches, 

 canals, bayous 



Broadly euryhaline; hut 

 mainly In fresh or 

 brackish areas; canals, 

 ditches 



Broadly euryhal Ine; 

 but mainly in moderate 

 to high sal Inl ty areas; 

 dl tches , canal s , marsh 

 ponds 



Broadly euryhaline; but 

 mainly In high salinity 

 areas; open bays, bayous, 

 marsh lakes 



Broadly euryhal Ine; 

 widespread 



Broadl y euryhal Ine; 

 widespread 



Broadly eurytial Ine, hut 

 mainly in fresh to 

 brackish areas, where 

 widespread 



Carnivore; predator/ Broadly euryhaline, 



scavenger on benthlc widespread 



Invertebrates, carrion 



Carnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on benthlc 

 Invertebrates 



Onnlvore; predator/ 

 qraier on benthic 

 Invertebrates, algae 



Broadly euryhaline. hut 

 mainly In moderate to 

 high salinities; mainly 

 associated with vegetation 



Broadly euryhal ine, 

 widespread; mainly 

 near vegetation 



Broadly euryhaline, but 

 mainly In high salinity 

 areas; near vegetation 



Moderately abundant, 

 local ly 



Very rare 



Local ly abundant 



Sparse; occasionally 

 taken In trawls 



Local ly abundant, 

 esfieclally during cold 



months 



Sparse; occasionally 

 taken In trawls 



Locally abundant 



Locally abundant, on reefs, 

 marsh ponds, ditches 



Sparse, occasionally taken 

 In seines 



Sparse; occasionally 

 taken in trawls, seines 



Very rare; occasionally 

 taken In seines 



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