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.Grey snapper ( Lutjanus griseus ) 

 .Lane snapper (I. synagris ) 

 -Schoolmaster (J., apodus ) 

 -Parrotfish ( Scarus spp.) 

 -Smallmouth grunt ( Haemulon chrysargyreum ) 

 -Spanish grunt (H. macrostomum ) 

 "Tomtate (H. aurolineatum ) 

 "Bluestripeo\ grunt (H. sciurus ) 



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.Grey snapper ( Lutjanus qriseus ) 



-Lane snapper (J., synagris ) 



-Schoolmaster (J_. apodus ) 



-Parrotfish ( Scarus spp.) 



-Smallmouth grunt ( Haemulon chrysargyreum ) 



■Spanish grunt (H. macrostomum ) 



"Tomtate (H^. aurolineatum ) 



"Bluestriped grunt (H. sciurus ) 



Figure 62. Geographical distribution of representative Florida Keys 

 fish fauna for day and nighttime hours (adapted from 

 Stark and Davis 1966 and Bailey et al. 1970). 



Endangered 

 Key silverside 



( Menidia conchorum ) 



Threatened 

 Rivulus 



( Ri vulus marmoratus ) 

 Key blenny 



( Starksia starcki ) 



Of Special Concern 



Florida Keys sheepshead minnow 



( Cyprinodon cf. variegatus ) 

 Southern gulf killifish 



( Fundulus grandis saguanus ) 

 Florida Keys southern longnose killifish 



( Fundulus si mi 1 is ) 

 cf . Rainwater Ki 11 if i sh 



( Luciana cf. parva ) 

 Mangrove gambusi a 



( Gambusia rhizophorae ) 

 Florida Keys sailfin molly 



( Popcilia cf. latipinna ) 

 Spottail goby 



( Gobionellus st igmaturus ) 



Table 45. Florida Keys fish fauna 

 which are endangered, 

 threatened, or species 

 of special concern 

 (adapted from Gilbert 

 1978). 



and reptile distribution. This is 

 especially obvious with the amphi- 

 bians; virtually no sirens or newts 

 are found in the Keys. 



Table 47 lists 15 species (40%) 

 of Florida Keys reptiles that are 

 endangered, threatened, rare, or of 

 special concern (McDiarmid 1978). 

 Four of the 15 species in Table 47 

 are subspecies or populations re- 

 stricted to the lower Keys. These 

 are: the Big Pine Key ring neck 

 snake, the red rat snake, the Flor- 

 ida brown snake, and the Key mud 

 turtle. Another subspecies listed 

 in Table 46, the Florida Keys mole 

 skink, is endemic to the Keys as a 

 whole. This relatively high degree 

 of endemism is also reflected in the 

 presence of 4 species of geckos, the 

 yellow-headed gecko, the reef gecko, 

 the ashy gecko, and the ocellated 

 gecko, which exhibit primarily 

 tropical distributions. The Keys 



generally represent the northern 



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