Appendix 3. Continued. 



Ecological 

 af f ini ty 



Trophic 

 relations 



Local 

 distribution 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



ficonoinic 



imoortance 



FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE 

 SUNFISHES 



Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede) 



Flier 



Leponis cyanel lus Rafinesque 

 Green Sunfish 



Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier) 



Wa mouth 

 Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque 



Sluegill 

 Lepomis marginatus (Holbrook) 



Dollar Sunfish 

 Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque) 



Longear Sunfish 



Lepomis microlophus (Gunther) 

 Redear Sunfish 



Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes) 



Spotted Sunfish 

 Lepomis symmetricus Forbes 



Bantam Sunfish 

 Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) 



Largemouth Bass - Adults 



FW 



Carnivore; predator on 



sinal 1 fishes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



Carnivore; predator 

 on fishes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



Carnivore; predator 

 on fishes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



Omnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on inverte- 

 brates, algae 



Carnivore; predator/ 

 qrdzer on inverte- 

 brates, especially 

 insects 



Fresh to si ightly 

 brackish areas; swamps, 

 marshes, hayous, sluggish 

 streams 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 backwaters of streams, 

 swamps, ditches, canals 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 swamps, borrow pits, 

 canals, bayous 



Fresh to brackish areas; 



widespread in fresh 

 habitats 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 especially swamps, borrow 

 pits 



Fresh areas only; mainly 

 i n rivers , creeks 



Omnivore; primarily Fresh to brackish areas; 



carnivorous; predator/ mainly in swamps, borrow 



grazer on inverte- pits, canals, bayous, 



brates , mainly mollusks lakes 



See redear sunfish 



entry 



Carnivore; predator 

 mainly on fishes, 

 macroinvertebrates 



Fresh areas only; mainly 

 in swamps 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 common in swamps, borrow 

 pits, ditches 



Fresh to brackish; 

 widespread in lentic 

 situations, especial ly 

 in areas of low turbidity 



Sparse 



Sparse 



Local ly abundant; 

 especially in swamps 



Locally abundant 



Locally abundant in 

 fresh areas 



Sparse 



Moderately abundant 

 in fresh lakes, ponds, 



borrow pits 



Local ly abundant 



Abundant in lentic habitats, 

 sluggish streams, canals, 



bayous 



Limited value 

 as qamefish 



None 



Minor value as 

 gamef ish 



Minor value as 

 qanefish 



None 



Minor value as 

 gamef ish 



Minor value as 

 gamef ish 



pQDular qamefish; 

 large quantities 

 caunht in marsh 

 ponds , impound- 

 ments 



Largefnouth Bass - Toung 



Pomox 1 s nigromacuTatus (Lesueur) FH 



Black Crapple 



FAMILY CARANGIDAE 

 JACKS 



Oligopl Ues saurus (Schneider) ESM 



Leatherjacket - Young 



FAMILY GERREIDAE 

 HOJARRAS 



Eucinostanus argenteus Balrd E94 



Spotfln Mojarra - Young 



FAt4ILY SPARIDAE 

 PORGIES 



Archosarqus probatocephalus (Walbaum) E9^ 



Sheepshead - Adults 



Carnivore; predator 

 on zooplankton, later 

 Insects, small fishes 



Minimally in fresh areas; 

 shallow marginal zones 

 of swamps, stream 

 backwaters 



Carnivore; predator Fresh to brackish; 



on fishes, macro- widespread In 



Invertebrates; larvae low turbid lentic 



feed an zooplankton situations 



Carnivore; predator 

 on small fishes. 

 Invertebrates 



Carnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on benthlc 

 invertebrates 



Broadly euryhal Ine; to 

 freshwater, but mainly 

 moderate to high salinity 

 areas; bay shores, bayous, 

 marsh lakes 



Broadly euryhallne, hut 

 mainly In moderate to 

 high salinities; wide- 

 spread 



Omnivore; grazer/ 

 predator on perlphyton, 

 macroinvertebrates. 



Mainly In high salinity 

 areas, lower bays, tidal 

 passes; near pll Inqs, 

 reefs 



Moderately abundant In 

 lentk freshwater areas, 

 April through summer 



Moderately abundant in 

 fresh areas, esoeclally 

 quiet, weedy areas 



Moderately abundant 



during warn months 



Moderately ahundant In 

 shore seines during warm 

 months 



Moderately abundant, 

 year-round; often taken 

 by anglers, trairmel nets 



Popular gameflsh 



Minor value as 

 comnercial fish 

 (trarmel net); 

 popular gameflsh 



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