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March to October, while Hildebrand and Schroeder (1928) found young in November 

 and December. Although some fish may remain in the deeper waters throughout the 

 winter, most young seek the warmer offshore oceanic water. Trawlers operating off 

 the Virginia and North Carolina coasts during the winter of 1930-31 secured many 

 juvenile sea trout from 13 to 17 cm. in length (Pearson, 1931). 



Hildebrand and Cable (1934) have presented extensive data on the growth of 

 gray sea trout at Beaufort, N. C. 



Table 3. — Length-frequency distributions of gray sea trout, Cynoscion regalis, secured from pound nets 

 at various localities along the Atlantic coast by R. A. Nesbit 



PRIONOTUS sp. Sea robin 



Distribution. — The young of the genus, Prionotus, were taken abundantly from 

 June 19 to July 29, 1929, and from July 21 to July 29, 1930, principally at points 

 adjacent to the sea. 



Description. — The lengths of the young ranged from 1.5 to 11 mm. Positive 

 specific identification of these young Prionotus could not be made. On the basis of 

 descriptions of P. carolinus by Kuntz and Radcliffe (1917), the writer is inclined to 

 believe that the Chesapeake Bay fish may belong to the closely related species, P. 

 evolans. The larval stages of both species are perhaps quite similar and separation 

 may prove impossible. 



TA UTOGA ONITIS (Linnaeus). Tautog 



Distribution. — A few larvae of the tautog were secured at several localities from 

 May 6 to May 23, 1930. 



