Appendix 3. Continued. 



Lucam a parva (Baird) 



"Rainwa'ttjr Kill if ish 



FAfllLr ^'0^■:CILIIDA£ 

 LlVtRBEAREtlS 



Ecoloyical 

 affinity 



Trophic 

 rel ations 



Local 

 distribution 



Relative and seasonal 

 abundance 



Onnivore; priinarily 

 carnivorous; predator/ 

 qrdier on invertebrates, 

 detritus 

 -forage species 



Sa^ne as sheepshead ininnnw 



Locally -jhijndant, nea-:s in 

 SuniTier 



economic 

 rtport-incf* 



Gdmbu s_i_d af f im s (Baird and Gir.jrd) 

 Mosqji tof isn 



Heterandria fornosa Agassi z 

 Least Kill ifish 



Onnivore; primarily 

 carnivorojs; predator/ 

 grazer on invertebrates 

 -forage species 



Herbivore; -jrdZBr on 



ep ip^ytes , hentb ic 



algae 



-forage species 



Broadly euryhaline, ^>st 

 Tiainly in fresh to 

 brackisH areas; along 

 edges of protected areas; 

 swanps, marshes, canals, 

 ditches, bayo'js, ponds 



Fresh and brackish areas 

 only; swanps, ditches, 

 borrow pits; usually in 

 ■larshy areas 



Loral 1 y abundant, 

 in fresh areas 



Rare; occasionally 

 \a^en in di tchps , 

 borrow oits 



Poecil ia 1 atipinna (Lesueur) 

 Sailfin Molly 



FAMILY ATHERINIUAE 

 SILVERSIDES 



Labidesthes sicculus ( Cope ) 



Brook Silverside 



Membr a^ martinica (Valenciennes) 

 Rough Si 1 vers ide 



Memd i a beryl l_i_n_a (Cope) 

 Inland Silverside 



FAMILY SYNGNATHIDAE 



PIPEFISHES AND SEAHORSES 



Herbivore; -jrazer on 

 epiphytes, benthic 

 algae, detritus 



Carnivore; predator 

 on neustomc inverte- 

 brates, zooplankton 

 -forage soecies 



Carnivore, predator 

 on small inverte- 

 brates 

 -forage species 



Carnivore, predator/ 

 grazer on zooplanktnn 

 other smal 1 inverte- 

 brates 

 -forage snecies 



Rroadly euryhaline to 

 freshwater; widespread 

 along protected shores, 

 open beaches, bayous, 

 ditches, canals, nonds 



Fresh areas onl 

 small streais 



Broadly euryhaline; 



to freshwater; ^nainly 

 along marshy shores of 

 bays, lakes, lar^jp ranals, 

 bayous 



Locally abundant vear-round 



Broadly euryhal i ne 

 ■^iread 



Locally ^hundant in fro^h 

 areas 



t.ocally abundant during 

 suimier 



wide- Abundant, riealrs in sum^ier 



Synqnathus louisianae Gunther 



Cham Pipefish 



Carnivore; predator 

 on small invertebrates 



High to noderate salinity 

 areas; nainly associated 

 with vegetation 



Rare; occasionally taken 



by seines in higher salinity 



narsh nonds, ditchps 



Syngnathus scovel 1 1 (Evermann and 

 Kendall) 

 Gulf Pipefish 



FAMILY PERCICHTHYIDAE 



TEMPERATE BASSES 



Mo rone chrysops (Raf inesgue) 



White Bass 



Mo rone mississippiensis Jordan and 



Eigeninann 

 Yellow Bass 



Mo rone saxatil is (Walbaum) 

 Striped Bass 



Carnivore; predator 

 on small invertebrates 



Carnivore, predator 

 :iai nly on fishes 



Carnivore; predator 

 mainly on fishes 



Larmvore; voracious 

 predator on smal 1 

 fisb 



Broadly euryhaline; to 

 freshwater; widespread 

 along edges and areas 

 having dense vegetation; 

 ditches, canals, nonds 



"broadly euryhaline but 

 nainly in fresh and 

 brackish areas; pelagic 

 in open waters of river 

 channel, large bayous, 

 canals, lakes, upper hays 



See white bass entry; 

 this fonn slightly "tore 

 salt tolerant and nore 

 common in snail er water 

 bodi es 



Mai nly in i nl and waters 



Local 1 y abundant 



Lor^l 1 y abundant 

 in fresher areas 



Locally ■ibundant; nainly 

 in fresh areas , f"! vpr 

 channel , swa^ips 



Rare; occasionally 

 caudbt ^v book -ind 1 i 

 traiTinel nets 



"i nor val UP 'i' 

 ga ipf isb 



Minor valije as 

 gaief ish 



Lviited valyo 

 ■IS gamp^is^ 



(Continued) 



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