Saltwater Recreational Fishing License Communities of Fish and Selected Invertebrates in the Little Manatee River.

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Saltwater Recreational Fishing License Communities of Fish and Selected Invertebrates in the Little Manatee River

21.3-m Seine, 3.2 mm-mesh

6.1-m Otter Trawl 3.2-mm mesh liner

The tidal portion of the the LMR is home to more than 100 species of fish and is an important nursery area for numerous economically valuable and ecologically important species. It also provides important nursery habitat for economically important invertebrates such as pink shrimp and blue crabs.

Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis)

Resident Planktivores

Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli)

Silversides (Menidia spp.)

Bay anchovySilversides

Little Manatee River

Anchoa mitchilli (bay anchovy) Abundance in the Little Manatee River

Small Water-column Residents: Killifish (Cyprinodontidae) Striped killifish (Fundulus majalis) Rainwater killifish (Lucania parva)

Small water column residents: livebearers (Poeciliidae) Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna)

Rainwater killifishStriped killifish

Eastern mosquitofish Sailfin molly

Small Benthic Residents: Clown goby (Microgobius gulosus)

Small benthic residents: hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus)

Clown gobyHogchoker

Demersal Transients: Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides)

Economically Important Residents: Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis)

Economically Important Transients: Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

Economically Important Transients: Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)

Economically Important Transients: Striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Economically Important Transients: Menhaden (Brevoortia spp.)