of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Louisiana Offshore 

 Oil Port (LOOP, Inc.) for providing unpublished 

 seasonality data from 1983 plankton surveys; the 

 Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Pro- 

 gram (SEAMAP) for providing data on selected 

 species of clupeids, priacanthids, carangids, scom- 

 brids, and bothids collected during 1982 surveys of 

 northern GOMEX waters; and to William J. Rich- 

 ards for sharing information on Peprilus burti and 

 P. paru collected during 1982 SEAMAP cruises. 

 This paper is dedicated to Robert and Katherine 

 Ditty whose love and support through the years are 

 an inspiration. Louisiana State University Coastal 

 Fisheries Institute Contribution No. LSU-CFI-87- 

 25. 



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