Family and Species 



Habitat Type 



Reference 



Diet 

 Reference 



Heterandria forroosa 

 least killifish 



Poecilia latipinna 

 sailfin molly 



Atherinidae - silversides 

 Allanetta harringtonensis 

 reef silver side 



Membras mar tin ica 

 rough silverside 



Menidia beryl lin g 

 tidewater silverside 



8, 14, 15 Chironomid larvae, harpacticoid Odum 1971 

 and planktonic copepods, clado- 

 cerans, terrestrial insects, 

 algae, diatoms 



5, 7, 8, Plant detritus, algae, diatoms Odum 1971 

 13-15 



39-60 mm: copepods, fish larvae, Randall 

 polychaete larvae 1967 



2, 5, 11 



2, 3, 8, 



11, 12, 



13, 17, 



18 



Small zooplankton crustaceans, Peterson & 



juvenile & larval fishes, Peterson 



insects, detritus, snails 1979 



Insects, copepods, chironomid Odum 1971 

 larvae , mysids , amphipods 



Syngnathidae - 

 pipefishes , seahorses 



Corythoichthys 



albirostris 



whitenose pipefish 



Hi ppocampus erectus 

 lined seahorse 



Hi ppocampus zoster ae 

 dwarf seahorse 



Micrognathus crinigerus 

 fringed pipefish 



Syngnathus f loridae 

 dusky pipefish 



Syngnathus louisianae 

 chain pipefish 



1, 11 



1, 5, 10 52-82 mm: copepods, micro- 

 crustaceans 



1-3, 5, 11 Caridean shrimp, amphipods, 

 tanaids, isopods 



1-3, 11 , Copepods, amphipods, small 

 16-18 shrimp 



Reid 1954 



Associated with 

 vegetated areas (Tabb 

 & Manning 1961) 



Intimately associated 

 with unattached algae 

 (Tabb & Manning 

 1961) , or grassy 

 areas (Springer & 

 woodburn 1960) 



Brook 1975 



Reid 1954 



Inhabit grassy 

 flats (Springer & 

 Woodburn 1960) 



Syngnathus scovelli 

 Gulf pipefish 



Syngnathus springe ri 

 bull pipefish 



Syngnathus duncke ri 

 Pugnose pipefish 



1-3, 5, 11, Amphipods, isopods, tanaids, 

 16-18 copepods, tiny caridean 



shrimp, gastropods (Bittium, 

 Mitrella) 



2, 17 



11 



Brook 197 5 

 Springer & 

 Woodburn 1960 

 Reid 1954 



Associated with 

 vegetated areas 

 (Tabb S> Manning 

 1961) 



Syngnathus pelagicus 

 sargassum pipefish 



Centropomidae - snooks 

 C e n t r opo jmus pa r allelus 

 fat snook 



Family as a whole 

 shows preference 

 for estuarine man- 

 grove habitat 

 (Rivas 1962) 



Centropomus pectinatus 

 tarpon snook 



7, 8, 13 



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