Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [4] Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993 (spring pygmy sunfish) Elassoma boehlkei Rohde & R. G. Arndt, 1987 (Carolina pygmy sunfish) Elassoma evergladei D. S. Jordan, 1884 (Everglades pygmy sunfish) Elassoma gilberti Snelson, Krabbenhoft & Quattro, 2009 (Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish)
The fish is named in honor of Carter R. Gilbert (1930-2022), who was the Curator of Fishes at the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961 to 1998, because of his many contributions to the study of North American fishes. [3] Elasoma gilberti is closely related to E. okefenokee, and the two species are nearly indistinguishable in appearance.
This page was last edited on 24 November 2021, at 00:01 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
This species ranges from the Atlantic coastal regions of northern Georgia (US state), southward along the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico, and south to São Paulo, Brazil. [6] Populations of gulf pipefish have been reported in freshwaters of Louisiana at Lake St. John about 150 miles inland and in Texas at Lake Texana about 50 miles inland.
The Gulf killifish is found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, and over the Southeast United States Continental Shelf. [10] The normal range of Gulf killifish is from Texas to the western coast of Florida and from the east coast of Florida and throughout the Caribbean. [5]
C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in). It can be distinguished from a related species that occurs in the same area by the number of frontal teeth on the carapace; C. sapidus has four, while ...
The dominant species of gastropod in the bay is Eulimastoma harbisonae. [13] In 2003, the United States Department of the Interior granted $574,000 to Texas Parks and Wildlife to purchase over 900 acres (3.6 km 2) of prime birding habitat at Egery Flats and the mouth of the Aransas River, to prevent further development. [16]
Invariably, b is close to 3.0 for all species, and c is a constant that varies among species. The relationship described in this section suggests that a 20 in (51 cm) hardhead catfish will weigh about 3 lb (1.4 kg), while a 25 in (64 cm) hardhead catfish will likely weigh at least 6 lb (2.7 kg).