Seasonal Changes of Fish Assemblages in a Subtropical Lagoon in the SE Gulf of California

Table 2

Percentage of the top five species in terms of abundance and biomass in each sampled season and its known habitat (H) [27].

Abundance
Winter 2001-2002	%	H	Spring 2002	%	H	Spring 2004	%	H
Eucinostomus entomelas	22	D	Eucinostomus entomelas	6	D	Selene peruviana	53	B
Sphoeroides annulatus	8	D	Pliosteostoma lutipinnis	5	P	Eucinostomus gracilis	7	D
Selene brevoortii	8	B	Diapterus peruvianus	5	D	Etropus crossotus	6	D
Diapterus peruvianus	6	D	Anchovia macrolepidota	4	P	Stellifer fuerthii	4	D
Urotrygon chilensis	4	D	Pomadasys panamensis	4	D	Pomadasys nitidus	3	D
Summer 2004	%	H	Spring 2005	%	H	Summer 2005	%	H
Selene peruviana	50	B	Anchoa walkeri	20	P	Pomadasys nitidus	22	D
Eucinostomus gracilis	7	D	Cyclopsetta panamensis	16	D	Etropus crossotus	13	D
Etropus crossotus	5	D	Etropus crossotus	7	D	Diapterus peruvianus	12	D
Stellifer fuerthii	5	D	Symphurus melanurus	6	D	Selene peruviana	9	B
Pomadasys nitidus	3	D	Stellifer illecebrosus	5	D	Eucinostomus gracilis	8	D
Biomass
Winter 2001-2002	%	H	Spring 2002	%	H	Spring 2004	%	H
Eucinostomus entomelas	19	D	Sphoeroides annulatus	10	D	Selene peruviana	22	B
Sphoeroides annulatus	12	D	Rhinobatos glaucostigma	5	D	Sphoeroides annulatus	11	D
Urotrygon chilensis	8	D	Eucinostomus entomelas	5	D	Rhinobatos glaucostigma	7	D
Albula nemoptera	5	D	Menticirrhus elongatus	4	D	Eucinostomus gracilis	6	D
Menticirrhus elongatus	5	D	Albula vulpes	4	D	Stellifer fuerthii	5	D
Summer 2004	%	H	Spring 2005	%	H	Summer 2005	%	H
Stellifer fuerthii	13	D	Sphoeroides annulatus	16	D	Pomadasys nitidus	17	D
Pomadasys nitidus	10	D	Cyclopsetta panamensis	13	D	Diapterus peruvianus	16	D
Diapterus peruvianus	8	D	Urotrygon chilensis	7	D	Rhinobatos glaucostigma	6	D
Pomadasys branickii	6	D	Pomadasys panamensis	7	D	Gymnura marmorata	6	D
Cynoscion stolzmanni	5	D	Urotrygon nana	6	D	Etropus crossotus	5	D

D: demersal; B: benthopelagic; P: pelagic.