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Figure 18. — T\ventj--sevcn-hour larva 4.5 itini. long. 



Figure 19. — Forty-hour larva 4.5 mm. long. 



Figure 20. — Sixty-two-hour larva 4.9 mm. long. 



Tlie rest of the larvae died within a few hours 

 after the 62-hour stage. 



I wish to acknowledge tlie facilities and help 

 furnished by Senibler Fislieries, Sebastian, Fla. 

 Persons connected \^ith tlie firm gave direct as- 

 sistance during regular and trial fisliing trips, 

 plankton tow-net collections, and examination of 

 the landings. 



LITERATURE CITED 



.\hi.strom, Elbert H., and Orville P. B.\i,l. 



in.i4. Description of oggs and larvao of jack mackerel 

 {Trachurus symmelricus) and distribution and abun- 

 dance of larvae in 1950 and 1951. U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Fishery Bulletin 97, vol. 56, p. 

 •209-245. 

 .\hlstrom, Elbert H,, and Robert C. Counts. 



1955. Eggs and larvae of the Pacific hake, Merluccius 



productus. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery 

 Bulletin 99, vol. 56, p. 295-329. 



Herman, Sidney S. 



1959. The planktonic fish eggs and larvae of Narragan- 

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KuNTZ, Albert, and Lewis Radcliffe. 



1917. Notes on the embryology and larval develop- 

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Pearso.n', John C. 



1941. The young of some marine fishes taken in lower 

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 Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery Bulletin 36, vol. 

 .50, p. 79-102. 



