TM 181 Table 2.6

Table 2.6. Major recurrent demersal finfish assemblages of the Mid-Atlantic Bight during spring and fall (as determined by Colvocoresses and Musick (1984))

Season	Species Assemblage
Season	Boreal	Warm Temperate	Inner Shelf	Outer Shelf	Slope
Spring	Atlantic cod Little skate Sea raven Goosefish Winter flounder Longhorn sculpin Ocean pout Silver hake Red hake White hake Spiny dogfish	Black sea bass Summer flounder Butterfish Scup Spotted hake Northern searobin	Windowpane	Fourspot flounder	Shortnose greeneye Offshore hake Blackbelly rosefish White hake
Fall	White hake Silver hake Red hake Goosefish Longhorn sculpin Winter flounder Yellowtail flounder Witch flounder Little skate Spiny dogfish	Black sea bass Summer flounder Butterfish Scup Spotted hake Northern searobin Smooth dogfish	Windowpane	Fourspot flounder Fawn cusk eel Gulf Stream flounder	Shortnose greeneye Offshore hake Blackbelly rosefish White hake Witch flounder