Family and Species 



Habitat Type 



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Reference 



Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Comments 



Orectolobidae - 

 carpet sharks 



Ginglymostoma cirratum 



nurse shark 



5, 7 



Fish, cephalopods, molluscs, 

 shrimp, sea urchins 



Randall 1967 

 Clark & von 

 Schmidt 1965 

 Bohlke & 

 Chaplin 1968 



Carcharhinidae - 

 requiem sharks 



Carcharhinus leucas 



bull shark 



Carcharhinus limbatus 



blacktip shark 



Negaprion brevirostris 

 lemon shark 



11 



4, 5, 7 



Juveniles: fish ( Arius felis , 

 Lophoqobius , Mugil cephalus , 

 Brevoortia patronus , 

 Micropogon undulatus ) , crus- 

 taceans including penaeid 

 shrimp, blue crabs 



Fish ( Caranx sp., Centropomus 

 undecimalis , Chilomycterus 

 schoepfi , Arius felis , Lacto- 

 phrys trigonnus Lagodon 

 rhomboides ) , crabs 



Young: crustaceans, fish 

 Adults: fish, crustaceans 



Odum 1971 



Clark & 

 von Schmidt 

 1965 



Randall 1967 

 Clark & von 

 Schmidt 1965 



Sphyrnidae - hammerhead 

 sharks 



Sphyrna tiburo - 



bonnethead 



+ + 2, 5 



Mantis shrimp, shrimp, isopods, Bohlke s 

 barnacles, bivalve molluscs, Chaplin 1968 

 cephalopods, fish 



Pristidae - sawfishes 

 Pristis pectinata 

 smalltooth sawfish 



+ 5, 15 



Fish, benthic crustaceans 



Bohlke s 

 Chaplin 1968 



Rhinobatidae - 

 guitarfishes 



Rhinobatos lenti- 



guitarfish 



Torpedinidae - electric 

 rays 



Narcine brasiliensis • 



+ 1 



+ + 1, 17, 18 



lesser electric ray 



Rajidae - skates 

 Raja texana 

 roundel skate 



Crustacea, fish, annelids 



Reid 1954 



Dasyatidae - stingrays 

 Dasyatis americana - 

 southern stingray 



Dasyatis sarjina 

 Atlantic stingray 



+ + 2, 4, 5, 7 



2, 8, 13, 



17 



Fishes, sipunculid and poly- 

 chaete worms , crabs , bivalves 

 shrimp , mantis shrimp 



Benthic invertebrates inclu- 

 ding bivalves , xanthid and 

 portunid crabs , shrimps , 

 amphipods, annelids, chirono- 

 mid larvae 



Randall 1967 



Darnell 1958 



Gymnura micrura - 

 smooth butterfly 

 ray 



Urolophus jamaicensis ■ 

 yellow stingray 



17 Fish, molluscs, annelids, 

 shrimp, other small 

 crustaceans 



1 Probably small burrowing 

 invertebrates 



Peterson s 

 Peterson 1979 



Bohlke s 

 Chaplin 1968 



This and all subsequent Odum 1971 citations refer 



to W.E. Odum 1971. 

 Ill 



