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Communities of Fish and Selected Invertebrates in the Little Manatee River. Saltwater Recreational Fishing License. 21.3-m Seine, 3.2 mm-mesh. 3.2-mm mesh liner. 6.1-m Otter Trawl.
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Communities of Fish and Selected Invertebrates in the Little Manatee River Saltwater Recreational Fishing License
3.2-mm mesh liner 6.1-m Otter Trawl
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) Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)
Bay anchovy Silversides
Anchoa mitchilli (bay anchovy) Abundance in the Little Manatee River
Small Water-column Residents: Killifish (Cyprinodontidae) Striped killifish (Fundulus majalis) Rainwater killifish (Lucania parva)
Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Small water column residents: livebearers (Poeciliidae) Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna)
Rainwater killifish Striped killifish
Eastern mosquitofish Sailfin molly
Clown goby Hogchoker
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.)