Table 1 . --Checklist of species collected from White Creek, Del., during survey 



Dasyatidae - stingrays 



Bluntnose stingray (Dasvatis savi) 

 Elopidae - tarpons 



Ladyf ish (Elops saurus) 

 Clupeidae - herrings 



Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) 



Alewife (A. pseudoharengus ) 



Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyr annus) 

 Engraulidae - anchovies 



Striped anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus) 



Bay anchovy (A. mitchilli) 



Silver anchovy (Anchoviella eurystole) 

 Umbridae - mudminnows 



Eastern mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea) 

 Cyprinidae - minnows and carps 



Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas ) 



Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus ) 



Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) 

 Anguillidae - fresh-water eels 



American eel (Anguilla rostrata) 

 Belonidae - needlefishes 



Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) 

 Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks 



Halfbeak ( Hyporhamphus unifasciatus) 

 Cyprinodontidae - killifishes 



Sheepshead minnow (Cvprinodon variegatus) 



Banded killif ish (Fundulus diaphanus) 



Mummichog (F. heteroclitus) 



Striped killifish (F. maialis) 



Rainwater killifish (Lucania parva ) 

 Poeciliidae - livebearers 



Mosquitof ish (Gambusia affinis) 



Gadidae - codfishes and hakes 



Pollock ( Pollachius virens) 

 Gasterosteidae - sticklebacks 



Fourspine stickleback ( Apeltes quadracus ) 



Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus ) 

 Syngnathidae - pipefishes and seahorses 



Spotted seahorse (Hippocampus erectus ) 



Northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) 

 Serranidae - sea basses 



White perch (Roccus americanus) 

 Pomatomidae - bluefishes 



Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) 

 Carangidae - jacks, scads, and pompanos 



Blue runner (Caranx crysos) 



Crevalle jack (C. hippos ) 



Round scad (Decapterus punctatus) 



Permit (Trachinotus falcatus) 

 Gerridae - mojarras 



Spotfin mojarra ( Eucinostomus argenteus) 

 Pomadasyidae - grunts 



Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysopterus) 

 Sciaenidae - drums 



Silver perch (Bairdiella chrysura ) 



Spotted seatrout (Cvnoscion nebulosus ) 



Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) 



Northern kingf ish (Menticirrhus saxatilis) 



Atlantic croaker (Micropogon undulatus ) 



Black drum (Pogonias cromis) 

 Gobiidae - gobies 



Naked goby (Gobiosoma bosci ) 



Seaboard goby (G. ginsburgi ) 



Green goby ( Microgobius thalassinus) 



