Appendix 3. Continued- 



Ecological 

 affinity 



Trophic 

 relations 



Local 

 dtstributlon 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



Economic 



importance 



Sheepshead - Young 



Lagodon rhoinboides (Linnaeus) 

 Pinfish - Adults 



Pinfish - Young 



FAMILY SCIAENIOAE 

 DRUMS 



Aplodinotus grunniens Raf Inesque 



Freshwater Dru« - Adults 



Freshwater Drun - Young 



Bairdlella chrysoura (Lacepede) 

 Silver Perch 



ESM 



Oinnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on fishes , 

 detritus, inverte- 

 brates, algae 



Carnivore; predator/ 

 grazer on benthic 

 Invertebrates , espe- 

 cial ly mol lusks , and 

 fishes 



Chinlvore; larvae 

 predators on zooplank- 

 ton; juveniles grazers 

 on benthtc inverte- 

 brates, detritus 



Carnivore; adults 

 predatory on small 

 fishes, benthic 

 invertebrates 



Broadly euryhaline; wide- 

 spread In protected 

 waters, marsh bayous, 

 canals , lakes 



ftoderately abundant, mainly 

 spring, early sunmer 



Broadly eurytiallne, but 

 mainly in high to moderate 

 salinity areas; lower bays, 

 bayous 



Broadly eurytiallne; to 

 freshwater; widespread 

 along shores and in 

 marsh bayous, ditches, 

 ponds 



Fresh to brackish areas; 

 especially river channel 



larvae planktonic In 

 river, upper bays, 

 demersal, especially over 

 soft mud/detritus bottoms 



Broadly euryhaline but 

 nainly 1n inoderate to 

 high salinity; widespread 



Moderately abundant, 

 especially during warm months 



Abundant, late winter 

 through suntner 



Locally abundant year- 

 round 



Locally abundant, Hay 

 through early fal 1 



Locally abundant , 

 especially as postlarval 

 and early juveniles, April 

 through early sunmer 



Major component 

 of Inland hoop- 

 net catch; 

 minor gamefish 



Cynosc 1 on arenarlus Ginsburg 

 Sand Seatrout - Adults 



Sand Seatrout - Young 



Cynosclon nebulosus (Cuvler) 

 Spotted Seatrout 



Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede 

 Spot - Young 



Spot - Adul ts 



MIcropogonUs undulatus {Linnaeus) 

 Atlantic Croalter 



Carnivore; predator 

 on fishes , macro- 

 invertebrates 



ESM Carnivore; predator 



on fishes and macro- 

 Invertebrates 



Oinnivore; primarily 

 carnivorous on zoo- 

 plankton; grazer on 

 detritus 



Graze on benthic 

 invertebrates and 

 detri tus 



ESM Onnivores; grazers on 



benthic Invertebrates , 

 detritus, small 

 fishes; young subsist 

 on zooplankton 



Moderate to high salinity 

 areas; widespread In 

 bays, marsh lakes, bayous 



Moderately abundant, 

 declining In cold months 



Abundant, April 

 early Fall 



through 



Abundant year-round, except 

 winter 



Broadly euryhaline; wide- 

 spread; very smal 1 

 juveniles prefer 

 protected marsh waters 



Abundant schooling fish 

 In saline and brackish 

 areas, often found in 

 marsh bayous and shallow 

 lakes, especially juveniles 



Broadly euryhaline, but Abundant, especially late 



mainly In moderate to high spring through sifimer 

 salinity areas; postlarvae 

 and early juveniles mainly 

 in protected marsh waters; 

 older juveniles widespread 



Adults move offshore in fall 



Euryhaline, preferring 

 salinity areas around 

 marshes as juveniles, 

 moving to saline areas 

 wl th maturity 



Very abundant; moving 

 offshore in winter 



Ponular game- 

 fish; minor com- 

 nonent of inland 

 tranmel net 

 catch 



None 



Popular sport- 

 fish 



5-71 of indus- 

 trial bototmfish 

 catch in spring 

 and sumner; 

 moderately valu- 

 able as qamefish 



More than S of 

 Industrial 

 hottomflsh catch 



Poqonlas cromis (Linnaeus) ESM 



Black Drun - Adults 



Black Orim - Young 



Carnivore predator/ 

 grazer on benthic 

 invertebrates, espe- 

 cially blvalue 

 tnol lusks 



Predatory on small 

 benthic Invertebrates 



Broadly euryhaline, but 

 mainly in high to moderate 

 sal tnity areas; lower 

 passes; mainly near reefs 



Larvae mainly In offshore 

 areas; postlarvae and 

 Juveniles occasionally 

 entering bays , lower 

 marshes 



Moderately abundant, often 

 taken by tranmel nets, hook 

 and line 



Sparse; occasionally 

 taken in seines 



Same value as 

 sportfish and 

 and cornnerclal 

 fish 



None 



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