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<br />FISH LARVAE-ECOLOGICALLY DISTINCT ORGANISMS 21 <br /> <br />Table. Reproductive guildsa by family for fishes in fresh waters of the southeastern United States. <br /> <br />Family <br /> <br />Acipenseridae <br />(sturgeons) <br />Polyodontidae <br />(paddlefish) <br />Lepisosteidae <br />(gars) <br />Amiidae <br />(bowfin) <br />Clupeidae <br />(herrings) <br />Hiodontidae <br />(mooneyes) <br />Salmonidae <br />(trouts) <br />Umbridae <br />(mudminnows) <br />Esocidae <br />(pikes) <br />Cyprinidae <br />(minnows) <br />Catostomidae <br />(suckers) <br />Ictaluridae <br />(catfishes) <br />Amblyopsidae <br />(cavefishes) <br />Aphredoderidae <br />(pirate perch) <br />Cyprinodontidae <br />(killifishes) <br />Poeciliidae <br />Qivebearers) <br />Atherinidae <br />(silversides) <br />Percichthyidae <br />(temperate <br />basses) <br />Centrarchidae <br />(sunfishes) <br />Percidae <br />(perches) <br />Sciaenidae <br />(drum) <br />Cottidae <br />(sculpins) <br />Number of <br />families <br /> <br />Nonguarders <br /> <br />Guarders <br /> <br />Bearers <br /> <br />Open substrate <br /> <br />Brood <br />hiders <br /> <br />Sub- <br />strate <br />choosers <br /> <br />Internal <br /> <br />Exter- <br />nal <br /> <br />Number <br />of <br />guilds All A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A23 A24 B13 B14 B22 B23 B25 B27 C14 C22 C24 <br /> <br />Nesters <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Xb X <br />Xb <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />X X X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />X X X X X X X X X <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />X X X <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />X X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />? ? <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />X X X <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />X X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />X X <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />X X X X <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />X XXXX XX <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />4 5 3 6 6 3 3 1 1 1 1(2) 3 4 4 1(2) 1 1 <br /> <br />aGuild codes: All '"' pelagic spawners; A12 '"' rock and gravel spawners with pelagic larvae; A13 '"' rock and gravel spawners <br />with benthic larvae; A14 '"' nonobligatory plant spawners; A15 '"' obligatory plant spawners; A16 = sand spawner; A23 = rock <br />and gravel hiders; A24 = cavity hiders; B13 = rock and gravel tenders; B14 = plant tenders; B22 = miscellaneous substrate <br />nesters; B23 = rock and gravel nesters; B25 = plant material nesters; B27 = hole nesters; C14 = gill-chamber brooders; C22 <br />'"' obligate lecithotrophic livebearers; C24 = viviparous trophoderms (see Balon 1975,1981,1984 for detailed descriptions of these <br />and other guilds). <br />bBetween A12 and A13-recently hatched larvae drift near bottom (epibenthic drifters?). <br /> <br />~ <br />