Family and Species 



Habitat Type 



Reference 



Diet 



Diet 

 Reference 



Comments 



Syacium papillosum 

 dusky flounder 



Soleidae - soles 

 Achirus lineatus 

 lined sole 



1-3, 5, 8, 



11-13, 17- 



18 



32-74 mm: chironomid larvae, 

 polychaete worms, foraminiferans 



Odum 1971 



Trinectes inscriptus 

 scrawled sole 



Trinectes maculatus 

 hogchoker 



2, 3, 8, 

 11-13, 17, 

 18 



14-110 mm: amphipods , mysids 



Odum 1971 



Cynoglossidae - tongue- 

 fishes 



Symphurus plagiusa 

 blackcheek tonguefish 



Balistidae - triggerfishes 

 & filefishes 



Aluterus schoepfi 



orange filefish 



Balistes vetula 



queen triggerfish 



Monacanthus ciliatus 

 fringed filefish 



Monacanthus hispidus 

 planehead filefish 



Balistes capriscus 

 gray triggerfish 



1, 3, 11, 

 12, 16-18 



1, 11 



35-102 mm: polychaete worms, 

 ostracods, portunid crabs, 

 Ruppia and Halodule plant 

 tips 



Seagrasses, algae, hermit 

 crabs, gastropods 



11 130-480 mm: sea urchins, crabs, 

 bivalves, brittle stars, poly- 

 chaetes, hermit crabs, gastro- 

 pods, algae 



1, 11, 17 47-97 mm: Algae, organic detri- 

 tus , seagrass , copepods, shrimp 

 & shrimp larvae, amphipods, 

 tanaids, polychaetes, molluscs 



1-3, 11, Detritus, bryozoans, annelids, 

 16-18 harpacticoid copepods , amphi- 

 pods, hermit crabs, molluscs, 

 algae, sea urchins 



Austin 

 Austin 

 1971 



Randall 

 1967 



Randall 

 1967 



Randall, 

 1967 



Springer & 

 Woodburn 

 1960 



Peterson & 



Peterson 



1979 



Associated with 

 grassbeds , sponge/sea 

 fan habitats (Ran- 

 dall 1967, Voss 

 et al. 1969) 



Solitary reef fish 

 ranging into grass- 

 beds 



Closely associated 

 with vegetated areas 

 (Tabb & Manning 

 1961) 



Associated with 

 vegetated areas {Tabb 

 & Manning 1961) 



Ostraciidae - boxfishes 

 Lactophrys quadracornis 

 scrawled cowfish 



Lactophrys trigonus 

 trunkfish 



Lactophrys triqueter 

 smooth trunkfish 



Tetraodontidae - puffers 

 Sphoeroides nephelus 

 southern puffer 



I, 2, 5, 7, 



II, 16-18 



1, 4, 11 



1-3, 5, 11, 

 16-18 



Vegetation , algae , bivalves 



109-395 mm: crabs, bivalves, 

 polychaetes, sea urchins, algae, 

 seagrass, gastropods, amphipods 



93-250 mm: polychaetes, sipun- 

 culid worms, crabs, shrimp, 

 gastropods, hermit crabs, sea 

 urchins, bivalves 



Juveniles : detritus , fecal 

 pellets, zooplankton, poly- 

 chaetes, gastropods, crabs, 

 shrimp 

 Adults : small crabs , bivalves 



Reid 1954 Young mimic sea- 

 grass blades 

 (Bohlke & Chaplin 

 1968) 



Carr & 



Adams 



1973 



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