Table 3. --Occurrence of fishes in the Newport River, 1970. Salinity ranges 

 represent extremes measured at times of collection. 



Species 



Zone 



Salinity 

 range 



Carcharhinidae - requiem sharks 



Carcharhinus milbertl , sandbar shark 

 Rhizoprionodon terraenovae , 

 Atlantic sharpnose shark 



Sphyrnidae - hammerhead sharks 



Sphyrna lewlnl, scalloped hammerhead 

 Dasyatidae - stingrays 



Dasyatls sayi , bluntnose stingray 

 Myliobatidae - eagle rays 



Rhinoptera bonasus , cownose ray 

 Lepisosteidae - gars 



Lepisosteus osseus , longnose gar 

 Amiidae - bowfins 



Amla calva , bowfin 

 Elopidae - tarpons 



Elops saurus , ladyf ish 

 Anguillidae - freshwater eels 



Anguilla rostrata , American eel 

 Congridae - conger eels 



Conger oceanicus , conger eel 



Ophichthidae - snake eels 



Myrophis punctatus , 

 speckled worm eel 



Clupeidae - herrings 



Alosa aestivalis , 



blueback herring 

 Alosa mediocris , hickory shad 

 Alosa pseudoharengus , alewife 

 Alosa sapidissima , American shad 

 Brevoortia tyr annus , 



Atlantic menhaden 

 Dorosoma cepedianum , gizzard shad 

 Harengula pensacolae , 



scaled sardine 

 Opisthonema oglinup. , 



Atlantic thread herring 



Engraulidae - anchovies 



Anchoa hepsetus , striped anchovy 

 Anchoa mitchilli , bay anchovy 



XXX 



X 32.6 

 X 32.2-32.6 



X 24.7 



X 19.7-32.5 



XXX 22.9-32.6 



0.0-3.3 



XXX 



0.2 



30.4 



0.2-32.9 



X 30.6 



XXX 23.8-31.2 



X 31.5 



19.3-31.0 



X X X X 14.6-33.1 

 X X X X X X 0.2-33.5 



