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Attachment B 

Spawning Seasons for Aquatic 

Organisms Present Near GEAE 

(Saugus, MA) 
Table 1. List of adult and larval fishes captured during 1989 and 1997 studies 

performed by Marine Research, Inc. 

Family Species Name Common Name 

Adults 

Present 

Larvae 

Present 

Eggs 

Present 

Impinged 

and/or 

Entrained 

Rajidae Leucoraja erincea little skate X X 

Anguillidae Anguilla rostrata American eel X X X 

Engraulidae Anchoa mitchilli bay anchovy X X 

Clupeidae Alosa aestivalis blueback herring X X 

Alosa. pseudoharengus alewife X X 

Brevoortia tyrannus Atlantic menhaden X X 

 Clupea harengus Atlantic herring X X 

Esocidae Esox niger chain pickerel X X 

Osmeridae Osmerus mordax rainbow smelt X X X 

Phycidae Enchelyopus cimbrius fourbeard rockling X X 

Urophycis chuss red hake X X 

 Urophycis spp. hakes X X X 

Merlucciidae Merluccius bilinearis silver hake X X 

Gadidae Brosme brosme cusk X 

Gadus morhua Atlantic cod X X X X 

Melanogrammus aeglefinus haddock X X 

Microgadus tomcod Atlantic tomcod X X X 

 Pollachius virens pollock X 

Lophiidae Lophius americanus goosefish X X 

Atherinopsidae Menidia menidia Atlantic silverside X X 

 Menidia spp. silversides X X 

Fundulidae Fundulus heteroclitus mummichog X X X 

Gasterosteidae Apeltes quadracus fourspine stickleback X X 

Gasterosteus aculeatus threespine stickleback X X X 

 Gasterosteus wheatlandi 

blackspotted 

stickleback X X 

Syngnathidae Syngnathus fuscus northern pipefish X X X 

Triglidae Prionotus carolinus northern searobin X X 

 Prionotus spp. searobin X X 

Cottidae Myoxocephalus aenaeus grubby X X X 

Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus longhorn sculpin X 

 Myoxocephalus scorpius shorthorn sculpin X X 

Agonidae Aspidophoroides monopterygius alligatorfish X 

Cyclopteridae Cyclopterus lumpus lumpfish X X X 

Liparidae Liparis spp. seasnail X 

Sparidae Stenotomus chrysops scup X X 

Labridae Labridae spp. wrasses X 

Tautoga onitis tautog X X X 

 Tautogolabrus adspersus cunner X X X 

Stichaeidae Lumpenus lumpretaeformis snakeblenny X 

 Ulvaria subbifurcata radiated shanny X 

Pholidae Pholis gunnellus rock gunnel X 

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Family Species Name Common Name 

Adults 

Present 

Larvae 

Present 

Eggs 

Present 

Impinged 

and/or 

Entrained 

Ammodytidae Ammodytes spp. sand lace X X X 

Scombridae Scomber scombrus Atlantic mackerel X X 

Stromateidae Peprilus triacanthus butterfish X X X 

Paralichthyidae Etropus microstomus smallmouth flounder X 

 Paralichthys oblongus fourspot flounder X 

Scophthalmidae Scophthalmus aquosus windowpane X X X X 

Pleuronectidae Glyptocephalus cynoglossus witch flounder X X 

Hippoglossoides platessoides American plaice X X 

Limanda ferruginea yellowtail flounder X X X X 

 Pseudopleuronectes americanus winter flounder X X X X 

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Table 2. List of invertebrates captured during 1989 and 1997 studies performed by 

Marine Research, Inc. 

Common Name Species Name 

common periwinkle Littorina littorea 

blue mussel Mytilus edulis 

horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus 

seven-spine bay shrimp Crangon septemspinosa 

American lobster Homarus americanus 

flatclaw hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris 

rock crab/johah crab Cancer borealis/irroratus 

gree crab Carcinus maenas 

lady crab Ovalipes ocellatus 

starfish Asteria forbesi 

 

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Table 3. Summary of seasonal occurrence of fish eggs and larvae in the vicinity of 

the GEAE CWIS in the Saugus River. 

Common Name 

Life 

stage Winter Spring Summer Fall 

Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

 

Labrid/cunner eggs 

 

Labrid/cunner larvae 

 

Fourspot flounder/ Window 

pane (ParalichthysScophthalmus) eggs 

 

Atlantic mackerel eggs 

 

Atlantic mackerel larvae 

 

Sand Lace larvae 

 

Grubby larvae 

 

Atlantic herring larvae 

 

Winter founder larvae 

 

Rock gunnel larvae 

 

Four beard rockling larvae 

 

Rainbow smelt larvae 

 

 = present 

 = peak densities 

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