YOUNG JACK CREVALLES 



485 



Distribution off Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the 

 United States 



Specimens have previously been reported from 

 the following specific localities within this area: 

 Cape Lookout, N. C, by Nichols (1937c: 4); 

 Beaufort, X. C, by Jordan (1881: 486), Smith 

 (1907: 204), and Ginsburg (1952: 95); from North 

 Carolina by Nichols (1912: 185; 1920a: 28); 

 from Magnolia Beach, S. C, by Fowler (1945: 

 190) ; in the Gulf Stream off Bimini, Bahamas, by 

 Nichols (1937b: 237) ; Bimini, Bahamas, by Fowler 

 (1944: 443) ; Nassau, Bahamas, by Lee (1889: 670) 

 and Bean (1905: 302); and Nassau and Green 

 Turtle Cay, Bahamas, by Rosen (1911: 61). 



Figure 62 shows the locations of specimens taken 

 on the Gill cruises, by the Combat off Florida, 

 Georgia, and South Carolina, USNM specimens 

 examined (Cape Lookout and Beaufort, N. C; 

 35°08' N., 75°10' W.; 34°39' N., 76°12' W.; and 

 27°57' N., 78°15' W.), CBSFP specimens ex- 

 amined (Nassau, Bahamas), and a ChM specimen 

 examined (Magnolia Beach, S. C.) (tables 2 andl4). 



Of these specimens, the two smallest, 6.0 mm. and 

 8.1 mm., are larvae taken off southern Florida and 

 South Carolina on the axis of the Gulf Stream; the 

 two largest, 176 mm. and 182 mm., from Nassau, 

 are probably not large enough to be adult; and 

 the others are juveniles. The locations of capture 

 were generally beyond the 100-fathom line and 

 indicate an association with the Gulf Stream (as 

 depicted by the approximate axis of the Stream in 

 figure 62). Specimens taken north of the Bahamas 

 probably represent the effect of the northern dis- 

 persal of this species by the Antilles Current. 

 Because of the relatively less-concentrated collect- 

 ing by the Gill east of the axis of the Gulf Stream, 

 it is not practical to estimate the relative abun- 

 dance or distribution of young bartholomaei in that 

 area. This occurrence of young in the Gulf 

 Stream extends from about May into November 

 (fig. 63). 



The 38-mm. specimen recorded by Nichols 

 (1937c: 4) from Cape Lookout, N. C., is the 

 smallest bartholomaei that has been reported from 



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MONTHS 



Figure 63. — Caranx bartholomaei: Size distribution, by months, of specimens taken off the southeastern Atlantic coast 



of the United States. 



