Habitat Type 



Family and Species 



u « Reference 



Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Centropomus undecimalis + 

 snook 



2, 5, 7 , 8, Juveniles: caridean shrimp, Odum 1971 



11, 13, 14 small cyprinodont fishes, Austin & 



gobies, mojarras Austin 



Adults: fish, crabs, penaeid 1971 



shrimp, crayfish, snapping 



shrimp 



By far most 

 abundant of 

 three species 

 (Rivas 1962) 



Serranidae - sea basses 

 Centropristis striata 

 black seabass 



Diplectrum formosum 

 sand perch 



Epinephelus itajara 

 jewfish 



Epinephelus morio 

 red grouper 



2, 3, 11, 



16-18 



2, 5, 7, 8, 

 11, 13, 15 



Family in general carnivorous 

 on fish, crustaceans 



Caridean & penaeid shrimp, 

 copepods, crabs, fish 



Juveniles: penaeid shrimp, 

 xanthid crabs 



228-340 mm: crustaceans, 

 crabs, fishes 



The most abundant 



of the seabasses 



in mangrove habitats 



Randall 

 1967 



Epinephelus striatus 

 Nassau grouper 



11 170-686 mm: fish, crabs, 

 stomatopods , cephalopods , 

 shrimp, spiny lobsters, 

 gastropods, bivalves, isopods 



Randall 

 1967 



Hypoplectrus puella 

 barred hamlet 



11 54-98 mm: snapping shrimp, Randall 

 crabs, fish, mysids, stomato- 1967 

 pods , isopods 



Mycteroperca microlepis 

 gag 



Centrarchidae - sunfishes 

 Elassoma evergladei 

 Everglades pygmy sunfish + 



1, 2, 5, 11, 71-100 mm: 

 17, 18 fish 



penaeid shrimp. 



Reid 1954 



Family is primarily 

 freshwater , fish 

 occasionally enter 

 headwater area 

 of mangrove- 

 fringed stream 



Lepomis auritus 

 redbreast sunfish 



Lepomis gulosus 

 warmouth 



Shrimp ( Palaemonetes ), fish 

 ( Gob io soma bosci , Lepomis 

 macrochirus ) , detritus, 

 Vallisneria , amphipods , xan- 

 thid crabs, blue crabs 



Desselle et 

 al. 1978 



Diet from Lake 

 Pontchartrain 

 salinities 1.6- 

 4 . 1 o/oo 



Lepomis macrochirus 

 bluegill 



2, 15 Amphipods, blue crab ( Cal- 

 linectes sapidus ) , xanthid 

 crabs, detritus, Vallisneria , 

 clams ( Rangia cuneata ) , 

 sponge ( Ephydatia fluviatilis ) , 

 barnacles, insect larvae 



Desselle et 

 al. 1978 



Diet from Lake 

 Pontchartrain 

 salinities 1.6- 

 4.1 o/oo 



Lepomis microlophus 

 redear sunfish 



2, 13-15 Chironomid larvae, amphipods, 

 xanthid crabs, clam ( Rangia 

 cuneata ) , sponge ( Ephydatia 

 fluviatilis) , detritus 



Desselle et 

 al. 1978 



Diet from Lake 

 Pontchartrain 

 salinities 1.6- 

 4 . 1 o/oo 



Lepomis punctatus 

 spotted sunfish 



8, 14, 15 Cladocerans, small crabs, odum 1971 

 mysids , chironomids , amphipods , 

 insects, molluscs, isopods, 

 fish, algae 



Salinities < 15 o/oo 

 (Odum 1971) 



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