Family and Species 



Diet 

 Reference 



Comments 



Microgobius gulosus 

 clown goby 



Microgobius microlepis 

 banner goby 



Microgobius thalassinus 

 green goby 



2,5,8, 11- Amphipods, copepods, chironomid Odum 1971 

 13, 15, 17, larvae 



18 



5 



3, 12 



Planktonic organisms 



Bird song 

 1981 



Small crustaceans including Peterson & 

 amphipods, other invertebrates Peterson 



1979 



Scombridae - mackerels, 

 tunas 



Scomberomorus maculatus 



Spanish mackerel 



2, 11, 12, Adults feeding on penaeid Tahb & 

 15 shrimp migrating from tidal Manning 

 stream 1961 



Scomberomor u s cavalla 

 king mackerel 



11 



350-1022 



fish 



Randall 

 1967 



Scorpaenidae - scorpion- 

 fishes 



Scorpaena brasiliensis 



barbfish 



Scorpaena grandicornis 

 plumed scorpionfish 



11 Shrimp, other crustaceans, 

 fish 



1 37-102 ram: shrimp, fish, 

 unidentified crustaceans 



Triglidae - searobins 

 Prionotus salmonicolor 

 blackwing searobin 



Prionotus scitulus 

 leopard searobin 



Prionotus tribulus 

 blghead searobin 



+ 1-3, 11, Small molluscs, shrimp, crabs 

 16-18 fish, small crustaceans 

 (ostracods , cumaceans) 



+ 1-3, 11-13, Shrimp, crabs, fishes, amphi- 

 17 i 18 pods, copepods, annelids, 

 bivalves, sea urchins 



Peterson & 

 Peterson 1979 



Peterson & 

 Peterson 1979 



Bothidae - lefteye 

 flounders 



Bo thus ocellatus 



eyed flounder 



Citharichthys macrops 

 spotted whiff 



Citharichthys 



spllopterus 

 bay whiff 



i, n 



1, 17, 18 



68-130 ram: fish, crabs, shrimp, 

 amphipods 



Mainly myslds, also shrimp, 

 crabs, copepods, amphipods, 

 fishes, annelids 



Randall 1967 



Peterson & Recorded from 

 Peterson salinity range 

 1979 2.5-36.7 o/oo 

 (Darnell 1961) 



Etropus crossotus 

 fringed flounder 



Farallchthys albigutta 

 Gulf flounder 



Parallchthys lethostlgma 

 Southern flounder 



3, 11, 16 



1-3, 7, 11, 



12, 17, 18 



Calanoid copepods, cumaceans, Peterson & 



amphipods, myslds, shrimp, Peterson 



crabs, isopods, annelids, 1979 

 molluscs, fishes 



<A5 mm: small crustaceans. Springer & 



including amphipods, small Woodburn 



fish I960 - , Reid 



>45 mm: fish (pigflsh, plnfish, 1954 

 lizardflsh, bay anchovy, 

 labrids), crustaceans 



Mainly fishes (mullet, menha- Peterson & 



den, shad, anchovies, plnfish, Peterson 



mojarras, croakers), crabs, 1979 

 mysids, molluscs, penaeid 

 shrimp, amphipods 



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