NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars 



The major responsibiHlies of the National Marine FIshenes Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic distnbution of fishery 

 resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and distnbution of these resources, and to establish levels for optimum use of the resources. 

 NMFS is also charged with the development and implementation of policies for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic 

 fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of international fishery agreements 

 and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construc- 

 tion subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on vanous phases of the industry 



The NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular series continues a series that has been in existence since 1941 . The Circulars are technical publications of 

 general interest intended to aid conservation and management. Publications that review in considerable detail and at a high technical level certain broad areas of 

 research appear in this series. Technical papers originating m economics studies and from management investigations appear in the Circular series. 



NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circulars are available free in limited numbers to governmental agencies, both Federal and State They are also available in 

 exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences Individual copies may be obtained (unless otherwise noted) from D822, User 

 Services Branch, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852 Recent Circulars are; 



418. Annotated bibliography of four .Atlantic scombnds; Scomberomonn hranl- 

 iensis. S. cavalla, S. maculaius. and S. rcgatis. by Charles S. Manooch III, Eugene 

 L Nakamura, and Ann Bowman Hall. December 1978, iii + 166p. 



419. Marine llora and fauna of the northeastern United States Protozoa Sarco- 

 dina: Amoebae, by Eugene C. Bovee and Thomas K. Sawyer January 1979, in +56 

 p., 77 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 

 Office, Washington, D C 20402, Stock No OO.VO 17-00433-.^ 



420. Preliminary keys to otoliths of some adult fishes of the Gulf of Alaska, 

 BeringSea, and Beaufort Sea, by James E. Morrow. February 1979, in +32 p., 9 pi. 



421 Larval development ol shallow water barnacles of the Carolinas (Cimpedia: 

 Thoracica) with keys to naupliar stages, by William H Lang Februarv 1979, 

 iv+39p., 36 figs , 17 tables 



422 A revision of the catsharks, family Scyliorhinidac, by Stewart Springer April 

 1979, vtI42 p.. 97 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock No. 003-020-00147-5. 



423 Marine flora and fauna ol the northeastern United Slates Crustacea Cuma- 

 cea, by Les Watling. April 1979. iii+23 p.. 35 figs. For sale by the Superintendent 

 of Documents. US Government Printing Office. Washington. DC. 20402, Stock 

 No 003-017-00446-5. 



424. Guide to the leptocephali (Elopiformes. AnguiUilormes. and Notacanthi- 

 formes). by David G. Smith July 1979. iv ^39 p.. 54 figs 



425 ,Marinc flora and launa ol the northeastern United States. Arthropoda: Cim- 

 pedia, by Victor A. Zullo. April 1979, in +29 p., 40 figs For sale by the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. DC. 20402. 

 Stock No 003 017-00453-8. 



426. Synopsis of biological data on the rock crab. Cuncer irninini\ Say. b\ 

 Thomas E. Bigford. May 1979. v +26 p.. 1 1 figs. 21 tables 



427. Ocean variability in the V S Fisherv Conservation Zone. 1976. by Julien R 

 Goulcl. Jr. and Eli/aheth D Havnes. editors July 1979. iii + ^62 p 



428. Morphological comparisims of North American sea bass larvae (Pisces: Ser- 

 ranidael. by Arthur W, Kendall. Jr August I979,iv+50p . 43 figs. 9 tables 



429. Synopsis of biological data on tunas of the genus Eullnmui\. by Howard O. 

 Yoshida. October 1979, iv ^57 p., 40 figs , 30 tables. 



430. Guide to identification of some sculpin (Cottidae) larvae from marine and 

 brackish waters off Oregon and adjacent areas in the northeast Pacific, by Sally L. 

 Richardson and Betsy B. Washington. January 1980, iv +56 p.. 32 figs,. 45 tables, 



431. Guide to some trawl-caught manne fishes from Maine to Cape Hatteras, 

 North Carolina, by Donald D. Flescher March 1980. iii+34 p, 



432 Synopsis of biological data on bonitos of the genus Sarda. by Howard O. 

 Yoshida May 1980, iv+50p.,43 figs.. 26 tables. 



433. Synopsis of biological data on stnped bass. Monme vavofifa (Walbaum). by 

 EileenM. Setzler. WalterR Boynton. Kalhryn V. Wood. Henry H. Zion. Lawrence 

 Lubbers. Nancy K. Mountford. Phyllis Frere. Luther Tucker, and Joseph A. 

 Mihursky June 1980. v+69p.. 9 figs.. 24 tables. 



434. Osteology, phylogeny. and higher classification of the fishes of the Order 

 Plectognathi (Tetraodontiformes). by James C. Tyler October 1980. xi+422 p . 

 326 figs.. 3 tables. 



435 Field guide to fishes commonly taken in longline operations in the western 

 North Atlantic Ocean, by Joseph L Russo. January 1981. iii+51 p .58 figs. 



436 Synopsis of biological data on frigate tuna. Aims ihazard. and bullet tuna. A. 

 rochei. by Richard N. Uchida. January 1981. iv+63p., 52 figs., 27 tables. 



437 Fishery publication index. 1975-79. by Lee C Thorson May 1981. iii + l 17 

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438. Manne flora and fauna of the northeastern United Stales. Scleractinia. by 

 Stephen D. Cairns. July 1981. in + 15 p.. 16 figs.. 2 tables 



439 Marine llora and launa of the northeastern United States. Protozoa: Sarco- 

 dina: benthic Foramimfera. by Ruth Todd and Dons Low. June 1981. iii-r5l p. 23 

 figs. 



440 Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Turbellana: Acoela 

 and Nemertodermatida. bv Louise F Bush July 1981.iii+71 p . 184figs 



44 1 , Synopsis of the biology ot the swordfish. Xiphms gladuis Linnaeus, by B, J. 

 Palko, G- L. Beardsley, and W. J. Richards, November 1981. iv+21 p.. 12 figs,. 5 

 tables. 



442. Proceedings of the Sixth U.S.— Japan Meeting on Aquaculture. Santa Bar- 

 bara. California, August 27-28. 1977. by Carl J Sindermann (editor). March 1982. 

 iii +66 p 



