POWLES: DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAL SILVER PERCH, BANDED DRUM, AND STAR DRUM 



ceolatus 2.9-6.9 mm SL may also assist in separat- 

 ing the species; such a melanophore is present in 

 only a few B. chrysoura at ^3.5 mm SL. 



Cynoscion regalis has a single melanophore in 

 the dorsal midline above the anal fin throughout 

 development. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I am grateful to Malcolm H. Shealy, Jr., South 

 Carolina Estuarine Survey Program, Charles 

 Farmer and Charles Boardman, South Carolina 

 Crustacean Management Program, and Ronald 

 Hodson, North Carolina State University, for 

 permission to use sciaenid specimens from their 

 collections, and to Peter L. Berrien, Northeast 

 Fisheries Center Sandy Hook Laboratory, for data 

 on Larimus fasciatus collections off the south- 

 eastern United States. Bruce W. Stender has been 

 a stimulating collaborator on studies of larval sci- 

 aenids and carefully reviewed the manuscript. 

 Paul A. Sandifer, Charles A. Barans, and Peter 

 Berrien also reviewed the manuscript. Hope Mix- 

 son sorted larvae from samples. Kathleen Meuli 

 and Lyne Imbeau typed the manuscript. To all 

 many thanks. This research was supported by the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service MARMAP 

 (Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and 

 Prediction) Program under contract number 

 6-35147. 



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