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Table 2 
Warm-water fish species caught in regular monitoring surveys in Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound waters ( 1987-2000). 
The number of each species caught in Narragansett Bay (NB) and Long Island Sound (LIS), total number caught, and percent of 
overall catch represented by each species are presented. 
Common name 
Scientific name 
Number 
caught 
in NB 
Number 
caught 
in LIS 
Total 
number 
caught 
% of 
overall 
catch 
1 
Northern puffer 
Sphoeroides maculatus 
537 
417 
954 
8.11 
2 
Crevalle jack 
Caranx hippos 
1059 
64 
1123 
9.55 
3 
Atlantic moonfish 
Selene setapinnis 
2155 
5639 
7794 
66.29 
4 
Planehead filefish 
Stephanolepis hispidus 
28 
169 
197 
1.68 
5 
Bigeye 
Priacanthus arenatus 
71 
55 
126 
1.07 
6 
Northern sennet 
Sphyraena borealis 
16 
21 
37 
0.31 
7 
Flying gurnard 
Dactylopterus volitans 
9 
38 
47 
0.40 
8 
Blue runner 
Caranx crysos 
109 
2 
111 
0.94 
9 
Lookdown 
Selene vomer 
27 
27 
54 
0.46 
10 
Bigeye scad 
Selar crumenophthalmus 
4 
110 
114 
0.97 
11 
Bluespotted cornetfish 
Fistularia tabacaria 
15 
92 
107 
0.91 
12 
Striped mullet 
Mugil cephalus 
8 
133 
141 
1.20 
13 
Orange filefish 
Aluterus schoepfi 
2 
30 
32 
0.27 
14 
Short bigeye 
Pristigenys alta 
2 
21 
23 
0.20 
15 
Spot 
Leiostomus xanthurus 
29 
0 
29 
0.25 
16 
Glasseye snapper 
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus 
2 
19 
21 
0.18 
17 
Inshore lizardfish 
Synodus foetens 
0 
19 
19 
0.16 
18 
White mullet 
Mugil curema 
0 
112 
112 
0.95 
19 
Rough scad 
Traehurus lathami 
261 
0 
261 
2.22 
20 
Gray triggerfish 
Balistes capriscus 
5 
4 
9 
0.08 
21 
Sheepshead 
Archosargus probatocephalus 
332 
0 
332 
2.82 
22 
Permit 
Trachinotus falcatus 
0 
33 
33 
0.28 
23 
Red goatfish 
Mullus auratus 
0 
17 
17 
0.14 
24 
Trunkfish spp. 
Lactophrys spp. 
0 
12 
12 
0.10 
25 
Spotfin butterflyfish 
Chaetodon ocellatus 
0 
8 
8 
0.07 
26 
Schoolmaster 
Lutjanus apodus 
0 
7 
7 
0.06 
27 
Rough scad 
Traehurus lathami 
0 
5 
5 
0.04 
28 
Sargassum fish 
Histrio histrio 
2 
0 
2 
0.02 
29 
Spotted goatfish 
Pseudupeneus maculatus 
2 
0 
2 
0.02 
30 
Cero 
Scomberomorus regalis 
2 
0 
2 
0.02 
31 
Mahogany snapper 
Lutjanus mahogoni 
3 
0 
3 
0.03 
32 
Atlantic needlefish 
Strongylura marina 
0 
4 
4 
0.03 
33 
Pinfish 
Lagodon rhomboides 
0 
4 
4 
0.03 
34 
Round scad 
Deeapterus punctatus 
0 
3 
3 
0.03 
35 
Mackerel scad 
Decapterus macarellus 
0 
2 
2 
0.02 
36 
Filefish spp. 
0 
2 
2 
0.02 
37 
Striped burrfish 
Chilomycterus schoepfii 
0 
2 
2 
0.02 
38 
French grunt 
Haemulon flavolineatum 
1 
0 
1 
0.01 
39 
Guaguanche 
Sphyraena guachancho 
1 
0 
1 
0.01 
40 
King mackerel 
Scomberomorus cavalla 
1 
0 
1 
0.01 
41 
Snakefish 
Trachinocephalus myops 
0 
1 
1 
0.01 
42 
Mullet spp. 
0 
1 
1 
0.01 
43 
Gag 
Mycteroperca microlepis 
0 
1 
1 
0.01 
44 
Dwarf goatfish 
Upeneus parvus 
0 
1 
1 
0.01 
accumulate at a slightly faster rate than in Narragan- 
sett Bay (Fig. 3). The curve for Long Island Sound is 
slightly more asymptotic. Both curves for Narragansett 
Bay and Long Island Sound begin to plateau in 1994, 
which means it took seven years for the majority of the 
species to be sampled. 
Multivariate species analyses indicated that the 
warm-water fish faunas were different between Narra- 
