HASTINGS: BIOLOGY OF PYGMY SEA BASS 



Table 1. — Food habits of Serraniculus pumilio based 

 on stomach analysis of 29 specimens (15.8-54.1 mm SL) 

 collected in inshore waters of the northern Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, 1968-71. 



Food types 



Number 



of 



items 



Percent 

 of total 

 number 



Number 



of fish 



containing 



eoch 



Percent 



frequency of 



occurrence 



Dr. Camm C. Swift and Stephen A. Bortone, 

 both formerly of Florida State University. I 

 also thank Dr. P. P. Graziadei of Florida State 

 University who allowed me to use facilities in 

 his histology laboratory in preparing microscope 

 slides of sectioned gonads. I greatly appreciate 

 the comments of Dr. C. Richard Robins of the 

 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric 

 Science at the University of Miami (Florida) 

 and his critical re\ iew of this manuscript. Spe- 

 cial thanks are expressed to Dr. Ralph W, Yerger 

 of Florida State University for his continued 

 encouragement in my studies of marine fishes 

 of the northern Gulf of Mexico and for reviewing 

 and editing the original manuscript. I am in- 

 debted to my wife, Diana, for her encouragement 

 and patience and for her assistance in typing. 



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