Table 5.— Total number of organisms collected with 4.3 m and 12.2 m trawls towed simultaneously off the central Texas coast from 



November 1982-February 1983. Blanks = no data. 



Day 



Night 



Day 



Night 



Species 



4.3 m 12.2 m 4.3 m 12.2 m 



Prionotus rubio 

 Sardinella aurita 

 Diplectrum bivittatum 

 Eucinostomus argenteus 

 Raja texana 

 Bregmaceros atlanticus 

 Ogcocephalus radiatus 

 GERREIDAE (Unidentified) 

 Bagre marinus 

 Lutjanus apodus 

 Prionotus ophryas 



Total 



Invertebrates 

 Trachypenaeus sp. 

 Penaeus setiferus 

 Portunus gibbesii 

 Squilla empusa 

 Lolliguncula brevis 

 Callinectes similis 

 Renilla mulleri 

 Stomolophus melaegris 

 Penaeus duorarum 

 Sicyonia dorsalis 

 Portunus spinimanus 

 Brissopsis alta 

 ACTINIARIA (order) 

 Arenaeus cribrarius 

 Astropecten antillensis 

 Luidia clathrata 

 Xiphopeneus kroyeri 

 Penaeus aztecus 

 Aurelia aurita 

 Libinia dubia 

 Millita quinquiesperforata 

 Persephona aquilonaris 

 Sequilla neglecta 

 Libinia emarginata 

 Ovalipes guadulpensis 

 Hepatus epheliticus 

 Persephona crinita 

 Dactylometra quinquecirrha 

 Luidia alternata 

 Polinices duplicatus 

 Loligo peali 

 Calappa sulcata 

 Sicyonia brevirostris 

 Phalium granulatum 

 Squilla chydaea 

 Thais haemostoma 

 Callinectes sapidus 

 Anadara ovalis 

 Albunea paretii 

 Dinocardium robustum 

 Synalpheus fritzmuelleri 

 Hepatus pudibundus 

 Mnemiopsis mccradyi 

 Architectonica nobilis 

 Busycon perversum 

 Calappa flammea 

 Portunus spinicarpus 

 Sinum perspectivum 

 REPTANTIA (suborder) 



Total 

 Grand Total 



2 



1 



1 

 992 18,995 984 20,699 



297 

 347 

 113 

 115 

 304 

 73 

 157 

 165 

 7 



6 



181 



31 



110 

 33 



11 

 7 



16 

 9 

 1 

 9 

 6 



5 

 4 

 3 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



4,798 



2,352 



876 



758 



902 



447 



379 



486 



54 



19 



16 



58 



42 



15 



54 



21 



109 



70 



52 



19 



21 



2 



3 



7 



9 



2 



2 



4 



10 



1 



7 



5 



467 1 1 ,522 

 594 4,180 



561 



390 



25 



109 



218 



24 



34 



36 



42 



35 



62 



60 



30 



61 



9 



33 



20 



5 



3 



4 



6 



12 



2 

 6 



1 



1 

 4 



2 

 1 

 1 



1 



4,332 



2,173 



515 



1,013 



369 



294 



298 



280 



263 



36 



133 



139 



21 



61 



5 



44 



6 



28 



1 



9 



16 



17 



6 



11 



4 



12 



3 



6 



1 



2 



6 



1 



3 



1 



1 

 1 



1 



2,017 11,604 2,867 25,814 

 3,009 30,599 3,851 46,513 



989 



