 Many fish feed in the mangrove forests, including snook ("Centropomus undecimalis"), gray or mangrove snapper ("Lutjanus griseus"), schoolmaster snapper ("Lutjanus apodus"), tarpon, jack, sheepshead, red drum, hardhead silverside ("Atherinomorus stipes"), juvenile blue angelfish ("Holocanthus bermudensis"), juvenile porkfish ("Anisotremus virginicus"), lined seahorse ("Hippocampus erectus"), great barracuda ("Sphryaena barracuda"), scrawled cowfish ("Lactophrys quadricornis") and permit ("Trachinotus falcatus"), as well as shrimp and clams.An estimated 75% of the game fish and 90% of the commercial fish species in south Florida depend on the mangrove system.The branches of mangroves serve as roosts and rookeries for coastal and wading birds, such as the brown pelican ("Oelicanus occidentalis"), roseate spoonbill ("Ajajia ajaia"), frigatebird ("Fregata magnificans"), double-crested cormorant ("Phalacrocorax carbo"), belted kingfisher ("Megaceryle alcyon"), brown noddy ("Anous stolidus"), great white heron and Wurdemann's heron, color phases of the great blue heron ("Adrea herodias"), osprey ("Pandion haliaetus"), snowy egret ("Egretta thula"), green heron ("Butorides striatus"), reddish egret ("Dichromanassa rufescens") and greater yellowlegs ("Tringa melanoleuca").