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Table 3b
Salinity and Habitat Requirments of Potential Faunal Indicator Species
Species
Substrate
&/or
habitat
Comments
Egretta tricolor
Tri-colored Heron
Sand Feeds in shallow waters of varying salinities; nests
successfully in coastal and inland areas
Eudocimus alba
White Ibis
Sand Feeds on land & in waters of varying salinities;
nests successfully in coastal and inland areas
Mycteria americana
Wood Stork
Sand Feeds in shallow waters of varying salinities; nests
successfully in coastal and inland areas
Pelicanus occidentalis
Brown Pelican
Open water Feeds in open waters of varying salinities; nests
primarily in coastal areas
Fish
Bairdiella chrysoura
Silver perch
Estuarine
waters
Habitat generalist
Centropomus undecimalis
Common Snook 0-25 5-37
Estuarine
waters &
tidal creeks
Shallow, low-salinity habitats preferred at early
juvenile stages
Cynoscion nebulosus
Spotted seatrout 1-25 5-37
Estuarine
waters &
seagrass
Prefers seagrass habitats, if present
Cypinodom variegatus
Sheepshead killifish 0-37 0-160
Estuarine
waters
Prefers very shallow estuarine waters (i.e., < 3 ft
deep)
Eucinostomus gula
Silver jenny
Estuarine
waters
Habitat generalist
Floridichthys carpio
Goldspotted killifish
Estuarine
waters
Prefers very shallow estuarine waters (i.e., < 3 ft
deep)
Fundulus confluentus
Marsh killifish
Estuarine
waters
Prefers very shallow estuarine waters (i.e., < 3 ft
deep)
F. grandis
Gulf killifish
Estuarine
waters
Prefers very shallow estuarine waters (i.e., < 3 ft
deep)
Haemulon sciurus
Bluestriped grunt
Estuarine &
marine waters
Prefers hardbottom and reef habitats
H. plumieri
White grunt
Estuarine &
marine waters
Prefers hardbottom and reef habitats
H. parra
Sailors choice
Estuarine &
marine waters
Prefers hardbottom and reef habitats
Lagodon rhomboides
Pinfish
Estuarine &
seagrasses
Prefers hardbottom and reef habitats
Lucania parva
Rainwater killifish
Estuarine
waters
Prefers very shallow estuarine waters (i.e., < 3 ft
deep)