Family and Species 



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Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Mlcropterus salmoldes 

 largemouth bass 



Apogonldae - cardlnalflshes 

 Astrapogon alutus 

 bronze cardinalf ish 



13-15 



1. 3 



Caridean shrimp, small blue 

 crabs, crayfish, xanthld crabs, 

 25 species of fish, Vallisnerla , 

 Cladophora 



Darnell 1958 



Astrapogon stellatus 

 conchfish 



Pomatomldae - blueflshes 

 Pomatomus saltatrlx 

 bluefish 



11 Young: mainly fishes (anchovies, 

 sllversldes, killifishes, men- 

 haden, shad, spotted seatrout), 

 shrimp, crabs, other small 

 crustaceans, annelids, snails 



Peterson & 

 Peterson 1979 



Rachycentrldae - cobias 

 Rachycentron canadum 

 cobia 



+ 5, 7, 11 Fish, crabs 



Randall 1967 



Echeneldae - remoras 

 Echenels neucratoides 

 vhltefln sharksucker 



2, 11 Fish, isopods, other Crustacea Randall 1967 



Members of this 

 family attach to 

 sharks and large 

 bony fishes 

 (Randall 1967) 



Remora remora 



58-175 mm: copepods, Isopods, 

 vertebrate muscle tissue, crab 

 larvae, fish remains, crusta- 

 ceans, amphipods 



Randall 1967 



Carangidae - jacks, pompanos 

 Caranx crysos - blue + 

 runner 



+ 2, 4, 5, 



7. 11 



Family of swift- 

 svlmmlng, carniv- 

 orous fishes, 

 often running in 

 schools, wide- 

 ranging (Randall 

 1967) 



Caranx hippos 

 crevalle Jack 



Caranx ruber 

 bar jack 



Chloroscombrus chrysurus 

 Atlantic bumper 



Ollgoplltes 8aurua 

 leatherjacket 



Trachlnotus carolinus 

 Florida pompano 



Trachlnotus falcatus 

 permit 



+ 2, 5, 7, Fishes, crustaceans 

 8, 11, 13 



+ 4, 11 160-547 mm: fish, shrimp, myslds, 

 stomatopods, gastropods 



+ 2, 11, 17, 

 18 



+ 2, 3, 5, Snapping shrimp, penaeld shrimp, 

 8, 11, 13 larval anchovies, lady fish, 

 harpactlcoid copepods 



+ 11 sardines (Harengula sp.) , 

 mole crabs ( Hlppa sp . ) , 

 bivalves ( Donax sp.) 



+ 7, 11 15-70 mm: myslds, shrimp, 



anchovies, sllversldes, crabs, 

 snails 



Odum 1971 



Randall 1967 



Tabb & 

 Manning 1961 



Springer & 



Woodburn 



1960 



Common over mud 

 bottoms (Randall 

 1967) 



Carr 6 Adams More apt to occur 

 1973 over sandy bottoms 

 than T. carolinas 

 (Randall 1967) 



Selene vomer 

 lookdown 



+ +2,3, 7, Young: shrimp and other 



11 crustaceans, small molluscs 



Peterson 6 

 Peterson 1979 



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