Appendix 3. Continued, 



Ecological 



af f ini ty 



Trophic 

 relations 



Local 

 distribution 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



Economic 



imooT-tance 



Pylodictis ol ivaris (Rafmesque) 

 Flathead Carfish 



FAMILY ARIIDAc 



SEA CATFISHES 



Aru|_s fe_Hs (Linnaeus) 



Hardhead Catfish 



^sqre marinus (Mitchill) 



Gafftopsail Catfish 



ESM 



Carnivore; predator on 

 f isnes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



Onnivore; grazer/ 

 scavenger on carrion, 

 detritus, macro- and 



meio-benthos 



Omnivore; grazer/ 

 scavenger on carrion, 

 detritus, macro- and 

 meio-henthos 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 ■nainly in river channel 



Broadly euryhaline, hut 

 mainly in high to 



moderate salinity areas; 



To moderate sal ini ty 

 areas; -nainly limited to 

 high sal ini ty; lower 

 bays, passes 



Sparse 



Local ly abundant , 

 -nainly during warm months 



Sparse; found in and 

 around marshes in warn 

 months only 



^opul ar qame- 

 fish; minov 

 cnmponpnt n*" 

 inland hoopnet 

 and trotl ine 

 catch 



fi-in% of indus- 

 trial bottom- 

 fish catch 



Minor coapo- 

 nent of bottom- 

 fish catch; not 

 distinguished 

 fron Sea Cat- 

 fish 



FW\U GOHIESOCIDAE 

 CLINGFISHES 



Gobiesox strunosus Cope 



Skilletfish 



FAMILY HELONIOAE 



NEEDLEFISHES 



Strongylura marina (Walbaum) 

 Atlantic Needlefish 



FAMILY CYPRINOOONTIDAE 

 KILLFISHES 



Adinia xenica (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Diamond Ki! 1 if ish 



Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede 

 Sheepshead Minnow 



Fundulus chrysotus (Gunther) 

 Golden Topninnow 



Fundulus 'jrandi s Baird and Gi ra rd 

 Gulf Killifish 



Fu ndulus Jenkins i (Evennann) 

 Saltmarsh Topininnow 



Carnivore; feeds on 

 macro- and meio- 

 benthos 



ESM Carnivore; predator 



(jn fishes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



Omnivore; mainly 

 herbivorous; grazer 

 on algae, periphyton, 

 detritus 



ftnnivore; primarily 

 herbivorous; grazer on 

 algae , detri tus , 

 benthic invertebrates , 

 periphyton 

 -forage species 



-forage species 



Omnivore; mainly 

 carnivorous; predator/ 

 grazer on small 

 invertebrates, fishes, 

 detritus 

 -forage species 



-forage species 



High to moderate salinity 

 areas; mainly near reefs, 

 pilings, letties 



Broadly euryhaline; to 

 freshwater; widespread 



Broadly euryhal ine; to 

 freshwater, but mainly 

 in high to moderate 

 salinities; mainly along 

 edges of protected areas 

 (marshes); ponds, ditches, 

 canals 



Broadly euryhaline; wide- 

 spread along shores and 

 in protected marsh waters 



Fresh to si ightly 

 brackish areas; mainly 

 in fresh swamps, ditches, 

 canal s, borrow pits 



See sheepshead minnow 

 entry 



Broadly euryhaline; in 

 protected marsh areas 



Sparse; occasionally 

 taken in trawls, dredges; 

 larvae in plankton near 

 reefs, late winter, spring 



Moderately abundant 

 but seldom concentrated; 

 often taken in seine, 

 castnets 



Locally abundant, esnecially 

 in winter and spring 



Abundant, peaks observed 

 in winter and soring 



Locally abundant; esnecially 

 quiet marshy areas 



See sheepshead ninnow entrv 



^are, occasionally seined 

 in marsh ditches, ponds 



None 



Minor value as 

 haitfish 



Minor value as 

 haitfish 



Fundulus pul vereus (Evennann) ES 



Bayou Ki 1 1 if ish 



Fundulus simil i s [ Bai rd and Gi rard) ES 



Longnose Kil 1 ifish 



Carnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on smal 1 

 invertebrates 



Omnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on benthic 

 invertebrates , 

 detritus 



Broadly euryhaline; in 

 protected marsh areas; 

 bayous, canals, ditches, 

 ponds 



Broadly euryhaline but 

 greatest concentrations 

 in moderate to high 

 salinities; along beaches, 

 edges of marsh lakes, 

 bayous 



Locally abundant, winter 

 through spring 



Locally abundant; lower bavs, 

 high salinity marshes 



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