been collected close to the spawning area, but this 

 view may be erroneous because the time required 

 for hatching of the eggs is unknown. Six speci- 

 mens (1.72-2.01 mm. SL) were collected from five 

 stations, at the surface in 22 to 450 m. (12-246 

 fath.) during both day and night. These small 

 larvae were caught from July to September from 

 Georgia to North Carolina. It appears that C. 

 f/mhriata spawns from April to October through- 

 out the entire collection area on the Continental 

 Shelf and that most spawning is in waters of 46 

 m. (25 fath.) or less. Delineation of the spawning 

 area of C. pmbriata must await the collection or 

 observation of .snawning fish. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



Elbert H. Ahlstrom of the BCF Fishery-Ocean- 

 ography Center, La Jolla, Calif., reviewed the 

 manuscript and made many helpful suggestions. 

 Assistance by various staff members of the labo- 

 ratory included review of the manuscript, prepara- 

 tion of figures 3 through 7, and preparation of 

 stained material. 



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