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Figure 5. — Abundance of A) Ictalurus catus and B> Bairdiella chrysoura by station and season for the North and South Santee Rivers. Ratios over 

 bars indicate number of collections where fishes were captured to total number of collections at a station. 



prevalent in summer, which is coincidental with the spawning 

 period of /. cams in South Carolina (Stevens 1959). 



Bairdiella c/irysoura, (he silver perch. — Bairdiella chrysoura 

 was present in the Santee system during all seasons, although 

 abundance tended to increase during fall and summer in the 

 South Santee River (Fig. 5). Silver perch showed no apparent 

 preference for a particular portion of the salinity regime in the 

 middle and lower reaches of the estuary since they were collected 



at all stations; however, catches did decline at the stations 

 located further upriver (NSII and SSII). Bairdiella chrysoura 

 taken from the Santee system were young-of-the-year Fish 

 (Shealy et al. 1974; Chao and Musick 1977) within the size range 

 of 20-100 mm. 



Trinectes maculatus. hogchoker. — Trinectes maculatus was 

 ubiquitous in the Santee system during all seasons (Fig. 6). 

 Catches were greatest during fall in both the North and South 

 Santee Rivers. Lower catches tended to be associated with sta- 



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