Table 1. ELMR Gulf of Mexico estuaries (n=31) and 

 associated salinity zones. 



Table 2. ELMR Gulf of Mexico species (n=44). 



Estuary, State 



Zones present 



T - Tidal fresh zone 



M - Mixing zone 



S - Seawater zone 



* - salinity zone not present 



Common Name 



Scientific Name 



Bay scallop 

 American oyster 

 Common rangia 

 Hard clam 

 Bay squid 

 Brown shrimp 

 Pink shrimp 

 White shrimp 

 Grass shrimp 

 Spiny lobster 

 Blue crab 

 Gulf stone crab 

 Florida stone crab 

 Bull shark 

 Tarpon 



Alabama shad 

 Gulf menhaden 

 Yellowfin menhaden 

 Gizzard shad 

 Bay anchovy 

 Hardhead catfish 

 Sheepshead minnow 

 Gulf killifish 

 Silversides 

 Snook 

 Bluefish 

 Blue runner 

 Crevalle jack 

 Florida pompano 

 Gray snapper 

 Sheepshead 

 Pinfish 

 Silver perch 

 Sand seatrout 

 Spotted seatrout 

 Spot 



Atlantic croaker 

 Black drum 

 Red drum 

 Striped mullet 

 Code goby 

 Spanish mackerel 

 Gulf flounder 

 Southern flounder 



Argopecten irradians 

 Crassostrea virginica 

 Rangia cuneata 

 Mercenaria species 

 Lolliguncula brevis 

 Penaeus aztecus 

 Penaeus duorarum 

 Penaeus setiferus 

 Palaemonetes pugio 

 Panulirus argus 

 Callinectes sapidus 

 Menippe adina 

 Menippe mercenaria 

 Carcharhinus leucas 

 Megalops atlanticus 

 Alosa alabamae 

 Brevoortia patronus 

 Brevoortia smith i 

 Dorosoma cepedianum 

 Anchoa mitchilli 

 Arius felis 



Cyprinodon variegatus 

 Fundulus grandis 

 Menidia species 

 Centropomus undecimalis 

 Pomatomus saltatrix 

 Caranx crysos 

 Caranx hippos 

 Trachinotus carolinus 

 Lutjanus griseus 

 A rchosargus proba tocephalus 

 Lagodon rhomboides 

 Bairdiella chrysoura 

 Cynoscion arenarius 

 Cynoscion nebulosus 

 Leiostomus xanthurus 

 Micropogonias undulatus 

 Pogonias cromis 

 Sciaenops ocellatus 

 Mugil cephalus 

 Gobiosoma robustum 

 Scomberomorus maculatus 

 Paralichthys albigutta 

 Paralichthys lethostigma 



Estuary names are primarily from NOAA 1985b. 



Common and scientific names are primarily from Rob- 

 ins et al. 1980, Turgeon et al. 1988, Williams et al. 

 1989, and Robins et al. 1991. 



