Table 19. Epibenthic fishes and invertebrates taken in otter trawls and 

 trammel nets at various stations in the Apalachicola estuary from 1972 

 through 1982 (Livingston unpublished data). Species are listed in order of 

 numerical abundance. 



Species 



Fishes 



Anchoa mi tchil 1 i 



1, 



2. Micropogonias undulatus 



3 . Cynoscion are narius 



4 . Leiostomus xanthurus 



5. Polydactylus octonemus 



6. Arius feli s 



7. Chloroscombrus chrysurus 



8. Menticirrhus amencanus 



9. Symphurus plagiusa 



10. BairdielTa chrysura 



11. Etropus crossotus 



12. Trinectes maculatus 



13. Prionotus tribulus 



14. StellifeF lanceo Tatus 



15. Anchoa hepsetus 



1 6 . Porichthys porosissimus 



17. Prionotus scitulus 



18. Eucinostomus aula 



19. Paralichthy s letiTostigma 



20. Synodus foetens 



21 . Eucinostomus arqenteus 



22. Dasyatis sabina 



23. Cynoscion nebulosus 



24. Microgobius thalassinus 



25. Urophy cis floridanus 



26 . Lagodon rhomboides 



27. Gobiosoma bosci 



28. Chaetodipter us f aber 



29. Orfhop ristis chrysoptera 



30. Brevoortia pat ronus 



31 . Dorosoma petenense 



32. Peprilu s burti 



33. Peprilus paru 



34 . Stephanolepis hispi dus 



3 5 . Sphaeroides nephe 1 us_ 



36 . Ophichthu s gomes f ~ 



37. Synqnathus louisTanae 



38 . Syngnathu s scovelli 



39. Gobionellus boleosoma 



40. Harengul a pensacola e 



41. 

 42. 

 43. 

 44. 

 45. 

 46. 

 47. 

 48. 



4q. 



50. 

 51. 

 52. 

 53. 

 54. 

 55. 

 56. 

 57. 

 58. 

 60. 

 60. 

 61. 

 62. 

 63. 

 64. 

 65. 

 66. 

 67. 

 68. 

 69. 

 70. 

 71. 

 72. 

 73. 

 74. 

 75. 

 76. 

 77. 

 78. 

 79. 



1 . Penaeus setif eru s 



2. Call inectes sapidus 



3. Palaemonetes puqio 



Archosarqus probatocephalus 

 Microgobius gulosus 

 Bagre marinus 

 Menidia beryl 1 ina 

 Monacanthus cil iatus 

 Caranx hippos 

 Centropristis melana 

 Syngnath us flondae 

 Ancyclopsetta quadrocellata 

 Chilomycterus schoepf i 

 Pi plectrum formosum 

 Tctalurus catus 



Sciaenops ocellata 

 Astroscopus y-qraecum 

 Hippocampus erectus 

 Leoisosteus osseus 

 Lucanis parva 

 Lutjanus qriseus 

 Opsanus beta 

 Paralichthys albigutta 

 Ophidion beani 

 Aluterus schoepf i 

 Diplodus" holbrook'i 

 Gobionellus hastatus 

 Hypsoblennius hentzi 

 Menticirr hus saxatil is 

 Myrophis punctatus 

 Oqilbia cayorum 

 Olig opl it es sauru s 

 Pomatomus saltatrix 

 Rhinoptera bonasus 

 Scomberomorus maculatus 

 Selene vomer 

 Sphyraena boreal i s 

 Sphyrna tiburo 

 Sardinella anchovia 

 Caranx bartholomaei 



B. Invertebrates 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 



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 63 



Mugil sp. 

 Gymnura mi crura 



Penaeus duorarum 

 Trachypenaeus constrictus 

 Chrysaora quinquecirrha 



