Appendix 3, Concluded. 



FWILY BOTHIOAE 



LEFTEYE FLOUNDERS 



CI tharlchth^s macrops Dresel 



Spotted Whiff 



Ecologtcal 

 affinity 



Trophic 

 relations 



Carnivore; predator 

 on small crustaceans 



Local 

 distribution 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



Limited to high sal Inlty 

 areas; lower bays, passes 



Rare; occasionally taken 

 in trawls 



Economic 

 importance 



Paral Ichthys lethostiqma Jordan 

 and Gilbert 

 Southern Flounder 



E^ 



Carnivore; predator 

 on small fishes, 

 macro! nvertebrates 



Euryhallne; juveniles 

 and adults found from 

 freshwater to gul f 

 saMnitles. in tidal 

 channels and shallow lakes; 

 larvae offshore 



Fairly ahundant, esoecially 

 during warm months 



Valuable snort 

 and connercial 

 fish 



FWILY SOLEIOAE 

 SOLES 



Achirus 1 ineatus (Linnaeus) 



Lined Sole 



Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and 

 Schneider) 

 Hogchoker - Adul ts 



Syrnphurus plaglusa (Linnaeus) 

 BlacVcheek Tongueflsh 



Grazer on melo- and 

 macro-benthos . 

 detrl tus 



Carnivore; predator 

 on benthk inverte- 

 brates 



Broadly euryhal Ine. 

 but mai nly in high to 

 moderate sal Inlty; 

 widespread 



Broadly euryhal Ine; 

 to freshwater, but 

 mainly In brackish to 

 high sal Inity 



Broadly euryhallne, but 

 mainly In moderate to 

 high salinity; widespread 



Moderately abundant, 

 late sumner, fall 



Abundant, mainly spring 

 and summer 



Abundant , mai nly 

 in snring 



None 



None 



FW = freshwater 



MA = marine 



ES = estuarine 



ESM = estuarine-marine (migratory) 



127 



