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Table 1 



Species observed at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) between 12 August 1985 and 27 August 1986 

 in ledge (L), live-bottom (LB), sand (S), or pelagic (P) habitats. Species indicated by asterisk in column labeled 'Both 

 sites' represent those seen in study site off North Carolina by Parker (1990) and those seen at GRNMS, whereas 

 those species indicated in GRNMS column represent those seen only at GRNMS. 



Species 



Habitat 



LB 



Both sites GRNMS 



Orectolobidae 



Ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse shark 



Dasyatidae 

 Dasyatis americana , southern stingray 



Muraenidae 



Moray, unidentified 



Ophichthidae 

 Myrophis punctatus, speckled worm eel 



Clupeidae 

 Brevoortia tyrannus, Atlantic menhaden 

 Sardinella aurita, Spanish sardine 



Synodontidae 

 Synodus foetens, inshore lizardfish 

 Trachinocephalus myops, snakefish 



Batrachoididae 



Opsanus sp., toadfish' 



Holocentridae 

 Holocentrus ascencionis, squirrelfish 



Syngnathidae 

 Hippocampus erectus, lined seahorse 

 Mierognathus crinitus, banded pipefish 

 Syngnathus louisianae, chain pipefish 



Serranidae 



Centropristis ocyurus, bank sea bass 



C. philadelphica, rock sea bass 



C. striata, black sea bass 



Diplectrum formosum, sand perch 



Mycteroperca microlepis, gag 



M. phenax, scamp 



Serranus subligarius, belted sandfish 



Grammistidae 

 Rypticus maculatus, whitespotted soapfish 



Priacanthidae 

 Priacanthus arenatus, bigeye 

 Pristigenys alt a, short bigeye 



Apogonidae 

 Apogon pseudomaeulatus, twospot cardinalfish 

 Phaeoptyx pigmentaria, dusky cardinalfish 



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