ATLANTIC SAILFISH 



165 



4 6 10 20 40 



STANDARD LENGTH MINUS SNOUT LENGTH, IN MM. 



FiGlRE 37. — Relation of lower jaw length to standard length minus snout length, l^arge black dots represent the 



unidentified species. 



T.-\BLK '.).- 



Stomach contents of specimens from Theodore X. 

 Gill collections 



' Unidentified species. 



' All flsh listed under footnote 2 appear to be identical, 

 wise noted, measuri'ments given are of standard lengths. 



id unless other- 



workers, that the food of an organism is deter- 

 mined largely h}- what is available, rather than by 

 selection. 



SPAWNING 



Locations of capture for Voss's specimens (Voss 

 1953) and those examined by me are shown in 

 figure 1. Unless otherwise noted all observations 

 on specimens more than 10 mm. in length arc of 

 the Atlantic sailfish, and all specimens less than 

 10 mm. are treated as a group. 



Atlantic 



1. With the exception of one specimen from 

 the Tongue of the Ocean and two off Elbow Cay 

 {both locations in the Bahama Islands), all larvae 

 taken were closely associated with the approximate 

 axis of the Gulf Stream, at or beyond the 100- 

 fathom line. 



2. Specimens less than (J mm. long were taken 

 during May from Miami, Fla., to Cape Lookout, 

 N. C; but were not taken after July 2 off Miami, 

 July 29 ofT Georgia, and September 2 off' North 

 Carolina. 



