Table 3. Concluded 



Family and species 



Abundance 



Information 

 source 



Diet 



Information 

 source 



Pomatomidae (bluefishes) 



Pomatomus saltatrix 

 (Bluefish) (young) 



Sciaenidae (drums) 



Cynoscion nehulosus 

 (Spotted seatrout) 



Cynoscion regalis 

 (Weakfish) 



Abundant 



Smith 1907, 

 Ross 1977 



Common 



Hyle 1976, 

 Ross 1977 



Common 



Hyle 1976, 

 Ross 1977 



Sciaenops ocellata 

 (Red drum) 



Common 



Ross 1977 



Stromateidae (butterfishes) 



Peprilus spp. 

 (Butterfish, harvestfish) 



Common 



Smith 1907, 

 Ross 1977 



Young: mainly fishes, (including 

 anchovies, silversides, killifishes, 

 menhaden, shad, and spotted 

 seatrout) ; also shrimp, crabs, 

 other small crustaceans, annelids, 

 and small snails 



Linton 1904, 

 Smith 1907, 

 Hildebrand and 

 Schroeder 1927 



Mainly fishes (including spot, Linton 1904, 



croaker, mullets, anchovies, sil- Hildebrand and 



versides, gobies, menhaden, pin- Schroeder 1927, 



fish, pigfish), and penaeid and Darnell 1958 

 palaemonid shrimp; young also 

 eat crustaceans 



Mainly fishes (including anchovies, 

 Adantic thread herring, menhaden, 

 pigfish, spot, aind weakfish), and 

 mysids; also crabs, annelids (Ner- 

 eis), molluscs, and small crus- 

 taceans 



Mainly crustaceans (including 

 penaeid shimp and blue crabs) 

 and fishes (including mullet, 

 menhaden, anchovies, killifishes, 

 silversides, pinfish, spot); also 

 molluscs (including bivalves and 

 squid), and annelids 



Linton 1904, 

 Smith 1907, 

 Hildebrand and 

 Schroeder 1927, 

 Merriner 1975, 

 Stickney et al. 

 1975 



Linton 1904, 

 Hildebrand and 

 Schroeder 1927, 

 Darnell 1958, 

 Bass and A vault 

 1975, Overstreet 

 and Heard 1978b 



Probably small fishes, squid, crus- Hildebrand and 

 taceans, annelids, and ctenophores Schroeder 1927 



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