UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fred A. Seaton, Secretary 

 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Arnie J. Suomela, Commissioner 



EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND 

 METAMORPHOSIS OF THE TEN-POUNDER 



Elops saurus Linnaeus 



BY JACK W. GEHRINGER 



Drawings by the author 



FISHERY BULLETIN 155 

 From Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 VOLUME 59 



PUBLISHED BY U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE . WASHINGTON • 1959 

 PRINTED AT U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington 25, D.C. Price 30 cents 



