POMPANOS OF SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST 



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facing p. 378) illustration of a 48-mm. T. falcatun 

 obviously depicts a fish with abnormal develop- 

 ment; i.e., clearly evident preopercular angle 

 spines, very short dorsal and anal lobes, complete 

 membrane connections between spines, and an 

 exceptionally smaU caudal fin. The fish also 

 has much dark coloration, and judging from the 

 photograph the depth is about 73% S.L. This 

 specimen and the fish from Little River may 

 indicate a correlation between extreme body depth 

 and abnormal rate of development. 



Parasites 



Linton (1940 : p. 75-82, 156) listed the following 

 organisms found to be parasitic on T. falcatus : 



Trematoda: Cymhe phallus vitellosus (Linton); 

 Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin) cysts on skin of 

 body and fins. 



TRACHINOTUS GLAUCUS (BLOCK) 



Trachinotus glaucu^s, the paloineta, (figs. 14-17), 

 is comparatively rare along the south Atlantic 

 coast. The main part of its range is farther 



Figure 14. — T. glaucus, 7.8 mm. (Seaquarium boat dock, Miami, Fla., Phillips collection). 



Figure 15.— T. glaucjis, 11.8 mm. (Crandon Park, Miami, Fla. Phillips Collection). 



