Distribution and Abundance of Nonexploited Species Larval Penaeidae of 

 genera other than Penaeus were not encountered at the Tj-fathom stations until 

 the nniddle of May. In the ensuing months they persisted at this depth, fluctu- 

 ating slightly in abundance until the first of November, when they reached their 

 highest level of abundance. Immediately thereafter they disappeared. Spawn- 

 ing in the 7^-fathom zone appears to have begun the latter part of May and 

 continued until the first of October. Nauplii are most abundant, however, in 

 June and July. 



7i/J-fm STATIONS (4) 



The distribution of non- Penaeus larvae in the offshore area 

 between Galveston, Tex., and Canneron, La., in 1961. 



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