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Fishes Of The Choctawhatchee River System In Southeastern Alabama And Northcentral Florida, Thomas P. Simon, Charles C. Morris, Bernard R. Kuhajda, Carter R. Gilbert, Henry L. Bart Jr., Nelson Rios, Paul M. Stewart, Thomas P. Simon Iv, Mitt Denney

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

The diversity and distribution of fish species occurring in the Choctawhatchee River drainage in southeastern Alabama and northcentral Florida were surveyed to obtain historical baseline information. Three hundred seventy-four sites were evaluated for species diversity and distribution in the drainage, including compilation of unpublished records from southeastern natural history museums. The greatest diversity at any single site was 37 species. Sixty-eight sites were represented by 15 species or more, and 26 sites were represented by a single species. The most frequently encountered species includes Gambusia holbrooki, Percina nigrofasciata, Esox americanus, Notropis texanus, Lepomis macrochirus, Cyprinella n. sp. cf venusta, …

First Record Of A Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma Cirratum, Within The Mississippi Sound, Jill M. Hendon, Eric R. Hoffmayer, William B. Driggers Iii

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Of all the coastal shark species in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, is one of the few species not documented in the Sound. Unlike most coastal sharks, nurse shark distribution is confined to a relatively specific suite of abiotic characteristics. Hannan et al. (2012) demonstrated that the distribution of nurse sharks in the northern GOM is primarily limited to hard bottom habitats with relatively high temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and water clarity. Herein, we provide support for the findings of Hannan et al. (2012) and report the first documented occurrence of a nurse shark …

Number 49 (July 2007), Southern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

(July 2007) - Distribution and Status of Etheostoma tecumsehi, the Shawnee Darter, a Species Endemic to the Pond River, Green River Drainage, Kentucky. By Ronald R. Cicerello and Robert S. Butler

Assessment and Control of an Invasive Aquaculture Species: An Update on Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. By Pamela J. Schofield, W. Todd Slack, Mark S. Peterson and Denise R. Gregoire

Minutes, Business Meeting, 31st and 32nd Annual Meeting, Southeastern Fishes Council

Regional Southeastern Fishes Council Reports

Estimates Of Harvest Potential And Distribution Of The Deep Sea Red Crab, Chaceon Quinquedens, In The North Central Gulf Of Mexico, Richard Waller, Harriet Perry, Christine Trigg, James Mcbee, Robert Erdman, Norman Blake

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Harvest potential, relative abundance, and geographic and bathymetric distribution are discussed for the red crab, Chaceon quinquedens, in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Harvest potential is expressed as the number of trapable crabs present on fishing grounds defined as depths ranging from 677 m to 1043 m between 87.5^o and 88.5^oW longitude. Using various estimates of the effective fishing area (EFA) of a trap, the number of trapable red crabs on the fishing grounds ranged from 3.7 x 10⁶ to 10.7 x 10⁶. Estimatesofcrabnumberssuggest there is a potential for commercial harvest in the …

Taxonomy And Distribution Of Edotea (= Tropedotea) Lyonsi (Menzies And Kruczynski, 1983) N. Comb. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Idoteidae), Gary D. Goeke, Richard W. Heard Jr.

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Tropedotea lyonsi Menzies and Kruczynski, 1983, is reported from the waters off Alabama southeastward to Cape Romano, Florida. The monotypic genus Tropedotea was recently erected on the basis of coxal plates of pereonites V to VI1 visible in dorsal view and a reduced number of articles in both antennae. Pereonites V to VI11 are also visible in dorsal view in Edotea Guérin-Ménéville, 1843, and the number of articles in antenna 1 and 2 of Tropedotea Menzies and Kruczynski, 1983, is the same as in Edotea. Hence Tropedotea lyonsi is assigned to the genus Edotea and Tropedotea is designated a …