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Table 4. Siphon tip nipping occurrences by family, species, year, and sampling 

 effort, Cape Fear River, North Carolina. 



Year 



















1 











2 







6 



9 



11 























3 



















1 







1 



4 



4 



18 



15 



13 







10 



4 



17 



18 



5 







26 



20 



55 



43 



27 



Fishes 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 



Bothidae 



Fringed flounder 

 Bay whiff 

 Summer flounder 

 Southern flounder 



Sciaenidae 

 Spot 



Southern kingfish 

 Atlantic croaker 



Achiridae 



Hogchoker 4 4 22 23 7 



Soleidae 



Blackcheek tonguefish 10 10 



Epippidae 



Atlantic spadefish 1 10 3 



Haemulidae 



Pigfish 112 2 



Serranidae 



Black sea bass 10 



Sparidae 



Pinfish 3 1 32 16 2 



Triglidae 



Leopard searobin 10 



Total occurrences 1 52 34 155 137 74 453 



Sampling effort (stations) 1,240 1,417 1,972 2,139 2,116 1,762 10,646 



