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Shiner Surfperch

Cymatogaster aggregata

Biology 2

Usually in shallow water, around eelgrass beds, piers and pilings and commonly found in bays and quiet back waters (Ref. 2850). Also in calm areas of exposed coast (Ref. 2850). Enter brackish and fresh waters (Ref. 2850). Found in loose schools or aggregations (Ref. 2850). Young feed mainly on copepods, while adults eat various small crustaceans, mollusks, and algae (Ref. 27547). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Exhibit seasonal onshore-offshore movements (Ref. 27547).

Biology 2

Usually in shallow water, around eelgrass beds, piers and pilings and commonly found in bays and quiet back waters (Ref. 2850). Also in calm areas of exposed coast (Ref. 2850). Enter brackish and fresh waters (Ref. 2850). Found in loose schools or aggregations (Ref. 2850). Young feed mainly on copepods, while adults eat various small crustaceans, mollusks, and algae (Ref. 27547). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Exhibit seasonal onshore-offshore movements (Ref. 27547).

Habitat 3

Cymatogaster aggregata (shiner surfperch) move into estuaries in the late springand early summer to breed. During this time, they can make up much of biomass of the estuaries they inhabit (Woods 2007).

References
Woods, P.J. 2007. Habitat-dependent geographical variation in ontogenetic allometryof the shiner perch Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons (Teleostei: Embiotocidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20:5:1783-179.

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  1. (c) Pat Kight, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/kightp/4747842861/
  2. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/21004960
  3. (c) Sarah Kessler, Dimonque Lott, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/22861159

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