Swimmers

    Fat Sleeper (Dormitator maculatus) in big pond, August 30, 2021 (netted by Rob Dobbs). It lives in intertidal areas on muddy bottoms, and is more frequent in brackish water. It can be found commonly in freshwater or saline coastal pools and river mouths.

Golden Top Minnow, (Fundulus chrysotus). 

Lepomis Sp., Unknown Sunfish species

(Lepomis gulosus) Warmouth, or Goggle-eye.

(Fundulus pulvereus) is a topminnow-like fish that thrives primarily in the shallow waters off the shores of the Americas, as well as fresh and brackish waters. Feeding off of small vertebrates and invertebrates, this fish displays reproduction techniques unique to its species.. 2-17-2018 in tidal puddles (freshwater).

 

All the puddles full of crawfish, minnows, and tadpoles right now. Aug/26/2015

Striped Mullet: (Mugil cephalus) in the big pond.

 

Spotted Gar  (Lepisosteus oculatus).

One of the first fish (or schools of) that I noticed in the shallow water potholes of the property and later in the large pond were these later identified as Sheepshead Minnows.

Interesting note about this lil dude...

On Feb 11, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Mark Konikoff wrote: (regarding an e-mail I sent him).

"Its Cyprinodon variegatus... the Sheepshead Minnow..   But it is NOT a minnow... rather it is a killifish... and is renowned as the world's champion osmoregulator able to tolerate salinities from 0% to 140% sea water.... and with rapid salinity changes as well."

Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis).

Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) in the ponds and potholes.

 I did not expect to walk up to the pond one day and find Blue Crabs meandering around the edges of     the large pond....but here they are  and in good numbers. I do know that locally they travel upstream in canals and waterways finding their way into different adjacent water bodies and can handle permanent fresh water. Since on extreme high tide events and long periods of rain most of my property is under at least an inch or two of water....sometimes for days, I guess they found  their way in.

This is called a Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) it is a freshwater fish that commonly inhabits coastal waters along the east coast of the United States and the backwater areas of the Mississippi Valley.