Family and Species 



Habitat Type 



a 



Reference 



Diet 



Diet 



Reference 



Harengula pensacola e 

 scaled sardine 



2, 3, 8, 30 mm: planktonic copepods, 

 13 zoea, nauplii, larval fish 

 64-96 mm: amphipods, 

 harpactlcoid copepods, isopods 

 mysids, chironomid larvae 



Odum 1971 



Opisthonema oglinum - 

 Atlantic thread herring 



2, 3, 5, 

 13, 17 



Copepods, polychaetes, shrimp, 

 fishes, crab larvae, mysids 



Odum 1971 



Sardinella anchovia 

 Spanish sardine 



17 



Engraulidae - anchovies 

 Anchoa cub ana - 

 Cuban anchovy 



2, 16 Ostracods, copepods 



Springer & 



Woodburn 



1960 



Anchoa hepsetus 

 striped anchovy 



2, 3, 13, 32-114 mm: copepods, isopods, Springer & 

 16, 17 mysids, caridean shrimp, small Woodburn 

 bivalves 1960 



Anchoa lampro taenia 

 bigeye anchovy 



Anchoa mitchilli - 

 bay anchovy 



1, 2, 3, <25 mm: microzooplankton Odum 1971 



5, 7, 8, 31-62 mm: amphipods, zooplank- 

 13, 16-18 ton, mysids, ostracods, plant 



detritus, copepods, small molluscs, 



chironomid larvae 



Synodontidae - 



lizardfishes 



Synodus foetens - 

 inshore lizardfish 



1-3, 5, 8, Small fish, crabs, shrimp, 

 17, 18 polychaete worms 



Odum 1971 



Catostomidae - suckers 

 Erimyzso n su cetta " 

 lake chubsucker 



A freshwater 

 stray 



Ictaluridae - freshwater 

 catfish 



Ictalurus natal is - 



yellow bullhead 



14 



A freshwater 

 stray 



Noturus gyrinus 

 tadpole mad torn 



14 



A freshwater 

 stray 



Arriidae - sea catfishes 



Arius felis - sea catfish + 



2, 3, 5, 100 mm: copepods, zooplankton 

 7, 8, 13, amphipods, mysids, chironomid 

 17 larvae, isopods, small crabs 

 100-200 mm: benthic inverte- 

 brates 



200-330 mm: crabs, amphipods, 

 mysids, fishes, bark, crayfish, 

 caridean and penaeid shrimp 



Odum 1971 



Bagre marinus - 

 gafftopsail catfish 



2, 8, 17 



262-445 mm: blue crabs, small 

 fishes 



Odum 1971 



Batrachoididae - toadfishes 

 Opsanus beta - 

 Gulf toadfish 



1-3, 5, 18-60 mm: amphipods, chironomid 

 7, 12, 13, larvae, mysids, isopods, few fish 

 15, 17, 18 >60 mm: caridean shrimp, xanthid 



crabs, snapping shrimp, mussels, 



fish, mangrove bark 



Odum 1971 



Salinities 

 10 o/oo > 

 (Odum 1971) 



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