Habitat Type 



Family and Species 



o co Reference 



Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Comments 



Amsotremus virginicus 

 porkfish 



Haemulon aurolineatum 



11 112-264 mm: brittle stars, crabs, Randall 

 shrimp, polychaetes , isopods , 1967 

 bivalves, stomatopods, gastropods 



1, 4, 11 97-170 mm: shrimp & shrimp lar- Randall 

 vae, polychaetes, hermit crabs, 1967 

 amphipods , copepods, gastropods, 

 bivalves 



Haemulon carbon ar ium 

 Caesar grunt 



Haemulon flavolineatum 



French grunt 



156-273 mm: crabs, gastropods, Randall 

 sea urchins, chitons, poly- 1967 

 chaetes, brittle stars, sipun- 

 culid worms, shrimp 



113-228 mm: polychaetes, crabs, Randall 

 sipunculid worms, chitons, 1967 

 holothurians, isopods, shrimp, 

 bivalves 



Haemulon parrai 

 sailor's choice 



1, 7 Benthic invertebrates including 

 shrimp , crabs , amphipods , gas- 

 tropods , polychaete worms, 

 bivalves 



Randall 

 1967 



Haemulon plumieri 

 white grunt 



Haemulon album 



1, 2, 11, 18 



margate 



Haemulo n sciurus 

 bluestriped grunt 



Orthopristis chrysop- 



tera 



pigfish 



Spaxidae - porgies 



Archosargus pr oba toe eph a - 



lus 



sheepshead 



Archosargus rhomboidalis 

 sea bream 



Calamus arctifrons 



grass porgy 



Calamus calamus 

 saucereye porgy 



I, 3, 5, 

 7, 11 



1-3, 5, 

 11, 16-18 



130-279 mm: crabs, polychaete Randall 

 worms, sea urchins, sipunculid 1967 

 worms, gastropods, shrimp, brittle Reid 

 stars; juveniles: copepods, mysids 1954 



Benthic invertebrates including Randall 

 crabs, shrimp, polychaete worms, 1967 

 amphipods , copepods , snails , 

 bivalves 



Benthic invertebrates including 

 crustaceans , molluscs , annelid 

 worms 



Juveniles: 16-30 mm: plankton 

 including copepods, mysids, 

 postlarval shrimp 



>30 mm: polychaetes, shrimp, 

 amphipods 



2, 3, 5, 7, <40 mm: in grassbeds - copepods , 

 8, 11-13 , amphipods , chironomid larvae , 

 17-18 mysids , algae, molluscs 



>40 mm: in mangrove creeks - 

 mussels, false mussels, crabs, 

 snapping shrimp, crayfish, 

 hydrazoans , algae , plant 

 detritus 

 32-85 mm: in Puerto Rico man- 

 groves - 100% blue-green 

 algae ( Lyngbya mojuscula ) 



5, 11 105-220 mm: seagrasses Cymodocea Randall 

 & Thalassia , algae, crabs, gas- 1967 

 tropods, invertebrate eggs, 

 bivalves 



Usually seen in 

 mangrove sloughs, 

 rare on reefs 

 (Randall 1967) 



Copepods , amphipods , mysids , Reid 

 shrimp, bivalves, gastropods 

 (Hitrella, Bittium ) , polychaetes 



1954 Associated with 



grassy flats (Tabb s. 

 Manning 1961) 



190-250 mm: polychaetes, brittle Randall 

 stars, bivalves, hermit crabs, 1967 

 sea urchins, gastropods, chitons 



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