APPEIDIX A 



List of the fishes and larger crustaceans caiiffht during the 



fishery survey of southern coastal waters * 



The following comprises a list of all the fishes and larger 

 crustaceans captured during fishing operations off the coasts of 

 South and North Carolina and of Virginia in May and June 1949 • 

 All but five of the species presented in this list were taken 

 ■with the otter trawl or shrimp trawl* Four of the species 

 (marked iTith asterisks) vrere not captui-ed with trawls but were 

 caught while trolling feathered jigs either i"jliile steaming be- 

 tween stations or while going to and fron port. One species, 

 Seriola diorierili, xvas taken with the otter trav/1 and by trolling. 

 Several flyingfish ( Cypselurus heterurus ) flew aboard the 

 Albatross III and were picked up off the deck. 



Most of the species included here vdll be found described 

 in Fishes of North and Middle America by Jordan and Everaann 

 (I896-I900). These volumes and several others, including Goode 

 and Bean (1895), Breder (1929), Hildebrand and Schroeder (1928), 

 and Longley and Hildebrand (194-1) were used for identification 

 of these fishes. Norman (1934) was used for identifying the 

 flatfishes, Beebe and Tee-Van (1936) for the black-finned tuna, 

 and Bigelow and Scliroeder (1948) for the sharks. 



Many of the field identifications were made by Isaac Gins- 

 burg, Ichthyologist, Fish and Wildlife Service, who ivas assigned 

 to the Albatross III for the first lialf of the trawl survey. 

 Fishes caught during the remainder of the survey wore tentatively 

 identified by personnel of the Fish and Wildlife Service and of 

 the Institute of Fisheries Research, These field identifications 

 were later checked at the U.S. National Museum by Ginsburg and 

 the author. Unpublished keys prepared by Ginsburg were used for 

 identifying the follov/ing groups of fishes: sea basses ( Serran- 

 idae ), porgies ( Sparidae ) , scorpion fishes ( Scorpaenidae ), and 

 sea robins ( Triglidae ). The nomenclature for this list, Trtiich 

 is presented in natural sequence, is based on Jordan, Evermarji 

 and Clark (1928) or on more recent revisions by the authors cited 

 above. Dr. L. P. Schultz and Dr. E. A. Lachner, Division of 

 Fishes, U. S. National Kuseum, also assisted in identif^'-ing the 

 fishes listed belovr. W. A. Ellison, Jr., Director of the In- 

 stitute of Fisheries Research of the University of North Carolina, 

 assisted in planning the survey and has reviewed and given his 

 approval to this report on the investigation. Without the 

 assistance of Mr. Ellison, the members of his staff, and of those 

 members of the Fish and Wildlife Service who took part in the 

 survey, this work could not liave been accomplished. 



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