metamorphosis 2 to 3 irregular rows of sharp teeth 

 are present. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The author wishes to thank the Miami Labora- 

 tory, Southeast Fisheries Center of the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, which made available 

 the working space, facilities, materials, and funds. 

 She is deeply grateful to William J. Richards for 

 supervision and encouragement and to Thomas 

 W. McKenney for the many helpful discussions 

 and suggestions on larval fish work. She wishes to 

 express her appreciation to Elbert H. Ahlstrom for 

 reviewing the manuscript and for his valuable 

 criticisms and suggestions, and also wishes to 

 acknowledge the helpful comments from Donald 

 P. de Sylva, Hilary B. Moore, Charles E. Lane, and 

 Lowell P. Thomas. She is grateful to Barbara 

 Palko, Edward D. Houde, and George Miller for 

 carangid larvae given to her, and also wishes to 

 thank Thomas Potthoff for information on stain- 

 ing fish larvae, Alexander Dragovich for transla- 

 tion of Russian literature, John Wise and John 

 Stimpson for assistance in computer work, and 

 Elizabeth Leonard for help in securing much 

 needed literature. 



This research project was completed while the 

 author was on a University of the Philippines Fac- 

 ulty Fellowship and a scholarship grant from the 

 International Women's Fishing Association of 

 Palm Beach, Fla. 



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