NO AA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Ser\-ice (NMFSi are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic 

 distribution of fishery resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and distribution of these resources, and toestablish 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 I'nited 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 construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on 

 various 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 in economics studies and from management in- 

 vestigations 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 Cir- 

 culars are: 



396. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic. A 

 guide to their identification. By Stephen Leatherwood, David K. Cald- 

 well, and Howard E. Winn. August 1976, iv + 176 p.. 168 figs., 1 table, 

 14 app. figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 

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

 00119-0. 



397. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. By Ronald J. Larson. August 1976, iii -^ 18 p., 

 28 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; No. 003-017- 

 00387. 



398. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Higher 

 fungi: Ascomycetes. Deuteromycetes, and Basidiomycetes. By A. R. 

 Cavaliere. March 1977, iii ->- 49 p., 24 figs. For sale by the Super- 

 intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, 

 DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00126-2. 



399. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Copepoda: Harpacticoida. By Bruce C. Coull. March 1977, iii -f 48 p., 

 100 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00125 - 

 4. 



400. Fishery publication index, 1965-74. By Mary Ellen Engett and 

 Lee C. Thorson. March 1977, iii -^ 220 p. For sale by the Super- 

 intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 

 DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00127-1. 



401. Fisheries and fishery resources of New York Bight. By J. L. 

 McHugh. March 1977. v -f 50 p., 43 figs., 49 tables. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of DocumenU, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash- 

 ington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00129-7. 



402. Guide to the identification of scorpionfish larvae (Family Scor- 

 paenidae) in the eastern Pacific with comparative notes on species of 

 Sebastes and Helicotenus from other oceans. By H. Geoffrey Moser. 

 Elbert H. Ahlstrom. and Elaine M. Sandknop. April 1977. v + 71 p., 40 

 figs.. 38 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, Washmgton, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020- 

 00128-9. 



emment Printing Office, Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 003-017- 

 0040-4. 



406. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Copepoda: Lemaeopodidae and Sphyriidae. By Ju-Shey Ho. De- 

 cember 1977. iii -I- 14 p.. 16 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; 

 Stock No. 003-017-00412-1. 



407. Distribution of decapod Crustacea off northeastern United States 

 based on specimens at the Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole, 

 Massachusetts. By Austin B. Williams and Roland L. Wigley. De- 

 cember 1977, iii -t- 44 p., 2 figs., 1 table, 57 charts. 



408. Collection of tuna baitfish papers. (20 papers.) By Richard S. 

 Shomura (editor). December 1977, iii + 167 p. 



409. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Copepoda: Cyclopoids parasitic on fishes. By Ju-Shey Ho. February 

 1978, iii + 12 p., 17 figs. 



410. The 1976 Ceratium tripos bloom in the New York Bight: Causes 

 and consequences. By Thomas C. Malone. May 1978, iv + 14 p., 17 

 figs.. 1 table. 



411. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchio- 

 stegidae and Malacanthidae), with descriptions of two new species. By 

 .James K. Dooley. April 1978, v -h 78 p., 44 figs., 26 tables. 



412. Synopsis of biological data on the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus (Lin- 

 naeus). By Charles S. Manooch III and William W. Hassler. May 

 1978. iii + 19 p.. 12 figs.. 7 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; 

 Stock No. 0O3-O17-OO418-0. 



413. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Crustacea: Branchiura. By Roger F. Cressey. May 1978. iii -(- 10 p., 15 



figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. (Jovemment 

 Printing Office. Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 0O3-017-0O419-8. 



414. Synopsis of biological data for the winter flounder, Pseudopleuro- 

 nectes americanus (Walbaum). By Grace Klein-MacPhee. November 

 1978, iii + 43 p., 21 figs.. 28 tables. 



403. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Sipun- 

 cula. By Edward B. Cutler. July 1977. iii -h 7 p.. 6 figs. For sale by 

 the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 0O3-012-0O4O4-0. 



404. Revision of the sea basses of the genus Diplectrum (Pisces: Ser- 

 ranidae). By Stephen A. Bortone. September 1977, v -t- 49 p., 15 figs., 

 9 tables. 



405. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Echino- 

 dermata: Holothuroidea. By David L. Pawson. September 1977, iii -i- 

 15 p.. 3 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Go.'- 



415. A basis for classifying western Atlantic Sciaenidae (Teleostei: 

 Perciformes). By Labbish Ning Chao. September 1978, v -i- 64 p., 41 

 figs.. 1 table. 



416. Ocean variability: Effects on U.S. marine fishery resources 

 1975. (20 papers.) By Julien R. Goulet, Jr. and Elizabeth D. Haynes, 

 Editors. December 1978, iii + 350 p. 



417. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish Order 

 Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. By Daniel M. 

 Cohen and J^rgen G. Nielsen. December 1978, vii -t- 72 p., 103 figs., 2 

 tables. 



