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Table 1.
Fish species selected for assessing the availability of information on
habitat use and preference in the Hudson River estuary |
Life
History Strategy |
Species |
Anadromous: |
|
Tributary spawners |
Alewife (Alosa
pseudoharengus) |
Blueback herring
(A. aestivalis) |
River spawners |
Striped bass (Morone
saxatilis) |
American shad (A.
sapidissima) |
Atlantic sturgeon
(Acipenser oxyrhynchus) |
Freshwater-oligohaline
nonmigratory |
Largemouth bass
(Micropterus salmoides) |
Euryhaline nonmigratory |
Shortnose sturgeon
(A. brevirostrum) |
|
Atlantic tomcod
(Microgadus tomcod) |
White perch (Morone
americana) |
Oceanic/coastal
spawners |
Bluefish (Pomatomus
saltatrix) |
|
Bay anchovy (Anchoa
mitchilli) |