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The abundance of each species in the trawls at each station is shown in Table 6. About the
same quantity of fishes were caught at Station 7 (37.5%) and Station 9 (38,4%). White
perch were most abundant at Station 9 and somewhat less abundant at Station 7. Blueback
herring and bay anchovy were abundant at Station 7 and channel cat, blue cat, and
hogchoker were abundant at Station 9. The catch at Station 10 was lower (24.0%), and was
dominated by blueback herring and alewife. The growth of beds of submersed aquatic
vegetation at Station 10 was noted as early as May 15, and may represent a major change in
conditions in Pohick Bay. The number of species caught at each station was about the
same: Station 7—16 sp., Station 9—15 sp., Station 10—17 sp..
Table 6
Adult and Juvenile Fish Collected by Trawling
Gunston Cove Study - 2003
Station 7 9 10
Anguillidae Anguilla rostrata American eel 3 2 0
Clupeidae Alosa aestivalis blueback herring 274 2 252
Alosa mediocris hickory shad 43 1 3
Alosa pseudoharengus alewife 23 1 74
Dorosoma cepedianum gizzard shad 0 0 0
Engraulidae Anchoa mitchilli bay anchovy 190 0 17
Cyprinidae Carassius auratus goldfish 0 2 0
Cyprinus carpio common carp 0 1 0
Hybognathus regius eastern silvery minnow 0 0 0
Notemigonius crysoleucas golden shiner 0 0 0
Notropus buccatus silverjaw minnow 0 0 1
Notropis hudsonius spottail shiner 33 9 44
Catostomidae Carpiodes cyprinus quillback 0 0 0
Catostomus commersoni white sucker 0 0 0
Ictaluridae Ameiurus nebulosus brown bullhead 12 29 25
Ameiurus catus white catfish 0 0 1
Ictalurus furcatus blue catfish 0 98 0
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 24 198 0
Cyprinodontidae Fundulus diaphanus banded killifish 0 0 22
Fundulus heteroclitus mummichog 0 0 1
Atherinidae Menidia beryllina inland silverside 6 0 0
Gobiidae Gobiosoma bosc naked goby 0 0 0
Percichthyidae Morone americana white perch 225 419 44
Morone saxatilis striped bass 2 2 0
Centrarchidae Enneacanthus gloriosus bluespotted sunfish 0 0 0
Lepomis auritus redbreast sunfish 0 0 0
Lepomis gibbosus pumpkinseed 6 1 7
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 4 0 22
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 0 0 2
Pomoxis annularis white crappie 0 0 1
Percidae Etheostoma olmstedi tessellated darter 10 17 32
Perca flavescens yellow perch 2 0 3
Sciaenidae Leiostomus xanthurus spot 0 0 0
Micropogonias undulatus Atlantic croaker 0 0 0
Soleidae Trinectes maculatus hogchoker 1 93 0
TOTAL 853 874 547