Table 1. Regional Occurrence of Fishes 



Common Name 



Scientific Name | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr 



May 



Jun 



July 



Aug] Sept 



Oct 



Nov 



Decj 



Chesapeake Bay Mouth 



Coastal and Marine Fishes 



Whiting 



Menticinhus americanus 













X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Spotted sea trout 



Cynoscion nebulosus 





















X 



X 





Cobia 



RachycentTon canadum 













X 



X 



X 



X 









Weakfish 



Cynoscion regalis 









X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Spot 



Leiostomus xanthurus 

















X 



X 



X 







Summer flounder 



Paralichthys dentatus 









X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Croaker 



Micropogon undulatus 









X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Tautog 



Tautoga onitis 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Spadefish 



Chaetodipterus faber 













X 



X 



X 



X 









False albacore 



Gymnosarda allcterata 













X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







King mackerel 



Scomberomorus cavalla 











X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Sheepshead 



Archosargus probatocephalus 











X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Small bluefish 



Pomatomus saltatrix 











X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Striped bass 



Monrone saxatilis 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Anadramous Fishes 

 Menhaden 



Brevoortia tyrannus 



X 



X 



X 















X 



X 



X 



American shad 



Alosa sapidissima 



X 



X 



X 















X 



X 



X 



Hickory shad 



Alosa mediocris 



X 



X 



X 















X 



X 



X 



Glut herring 



Alosa aestivalis 



X 



X 



X 















X 



X 



X 



Alewife 



Alosa pseudoharengus 



X 



X 



x 















X 



X 



X 



Catadnunous Fishes 

 American eel 



Angailla rostrata 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







X 



X 



X 



X 



Dam Neck Disposal Area 



Spanish mackerel 



Scomberomorus maculatus 

















X 



X 



X 







Cobia 



Rachycentron canadum 













X 



X 



X 



X 









Tautog 



Tautoga onitis 



X 



X 



" 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



False albacore 



Gymnosarda alleterata 

















X 



X 



X 



X 





King mackerel 



Scomberomorus cavalla 



















X 



X 



X 





Sheepshead 



Archosargus probatocephalus 













X 



X 



X 











Bluefish 



Pomatomus saltatrix 











X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 





Striped bass 



Morone saxatilis 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Black drum 



Pogonias cromis 



















X 



X 







Common skate 



Raja erinacea 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Cownose ray 



Rhinoptera bonasus 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Spiny dogfish 



Squalus acanthisa 









X 



X 



X 















(U.S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk, 1973). 



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