GRIMES and HUNTSMAN: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE VERMILION SNAPPER 



and Schroeder ( 1971) estimated fecundity for gray 

 snapper and found a 354 mm SL female to contain 

 about 550,000 ova. Using length conversion equa- 

 tions for vermilion snapper (Grimes 1978), the 354 

 mm SL is approximately equivalent to a 450 mm 

 TL vermilion snapper which would contain about 

 410,000 ova. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to thank the staff members of the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 

 Beaufort, N.C., and Jeflfery Ross, Virginia Insti- 

 tute of Marine Sciences, for their assistance in 

 collecting fish and taking of data from specimens. 

 C. A. Barans, South Carolina Marine Resources 

 Center, provided juvenile specimens. D. W. 

 Ahrenholz, D. R. Colby, C. S. Manooch, NMFS, 

 and W. E. Fahy, University of North Carolina, 

 Institute of Marine Sciences, contributed much 

 through helpful discussions and advice. 



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