Appendix Table 2. — Continued. 



Occurrence 



Station 

 Month (s) block (s) 



Total length 

 Range Mean 



Bottom 

 temperature 



Bottom 



salinity 



Range Mean 



Depth 



Range Mean 



Smallmouth flounder Sept. 

 Etropus microstomus Oct. 



Summer flounder 

 Paralichthys 

 dentatus 



Windowpane 

 Scophthalmus 

 aquosus 



July 



Sept. 

 Oct. 



July 



Winter flounder July 

 Pseudopleuronectes Aug. 

 americanus Sept. 



Oct. 



5 

 6 



2-4,6-10, 



12-16 

 1-3,5-9, 



11-13 

 2-7,9,12 

 5 



2-8,12, 



13,15 

 1-9,13, 



14,16 

 1-4,6,7, 



14 

 1,2,5-7, 



12,13,15 



32- 49 

 35- 51 

 29- 47 



7- 31 

 7- 28 

 9- 29 



12.0 

 6.0 



39.5 



40.3 



39.4 

 40.0 



21.7 



14.6 



18.5 



12- 25 18.2 



21.8 

 18.8 



18.4-23.3 21.5 



23.0-25.4 24.0 



20.4-22.4 21.3 

 19.0 



18.4-22.9 21.0 



22.7-25.4 23.8 



20.5-22.4 21.5 



18.0-19.2 18.8 



ppt ppt 



27.7 

 26.2 



25.0-27.3 26.4 



25.8-28.0 27.2 



27.0-29.4 28.2 

 27.1 



25.9-27.3 26.6 



26.8-28.0 27.4 



27.5-29.4 28.3 



25.9-27.1 26.4 



4.6 

 9.1 



2.7-12.2 6.9 



2.4-12.2 6.4 



5.2-13.4 7.5 

 5.8 



4.3-12.2 7.8 



4.6-12.2 6.5 



2.4- 9.8 7.0 



2.4- 9.8 7.0 



Judging from growth data given by 

 Smith (1969) , our samples were 

 cOTtiposed of fish 2-5 years old. 

 This species is one of the most 

 sought after by sportsmen in the 



Most windowpane (97.8%) were taken 

 in northern half of survey area; 

 85.6% in blocks 3, 4, and 7 

 (Fig. 12). 



Based on growth data given by 

 Moore (1947) and monthly length- 

 frequencies (Fig. 20) , July catches 

 were probably composed mainly of 

 4- and 5-year-old fish. In later 

 months, 2- and 3-year olds 

 predominated. 



Windowpane preferred the cooler and 

 deeper waters found in the northern 

 half of the survey area. All 

 catches of more than 35 specimens, 

 i.e., 77.7% of the total catch, 

 were made in water which averaged 

 nearly 4 m deeper and 1°C cooler 

 than the survey average . 



Winter flounder occurred in all 

 blocks. Heaviest catches in 

 northern half of bay; 78.2% in 

 blocks 3, 4, 6, and 7 (Fig. 13). 



Judging from data given by Bigelow 

 and Schroeder (1953) and Lux (1973) 

 and monthly length-frequencies 

 (Fig. 21), the measured specimens 

 were 1-4 years of age. 



Catches of over 100 individuals 

 were all made in the 6.7- to 11.0-m 

 depth range; the mean depth in 

 which these larger catches were 

 made is 2.8 m greater than the 

 survey average. 



Orange filefish 

 Aluterus 



Striped burrfish 

 Chilomycterus 

 schoepfi 



21.0 — 22.9 



7.0 23.5-24.4 23.9 



18.5 20.6-22.4 21.3 



26.2 

 26.8-28.0 27.4 

 28.1-28.8 28.3 



7.0 

 3.7-12.2 7.2 

 5.8-11.6 7.3 



Both species of filefish are rather 

 common in general area during 

 summer and fall (Nichols and 

 Breder 1927) . 



All specimens taken in northern 

 half of survey area. 



This species, according to Bigelow 

 and Schroeder (1953) and Nichols 

 and Breder (1927), is an occasional 

 summer visitor to New Jersey waters. 



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