Table 6. — The seasonal distribution of apotfin flounder, Cyclopeetta flmbrlata . 

 larvae by size. Numbers are adjusted to standardize sampling effort. 



larvae by size. Numbers are adjusted to standardize sampling effort. 

 Larvae <4.1 mm represented recent spawning. 



occurrence of larvae at the more offshore stations near Cape 

 Hatteras, as water depths there exceeded the normal depth 

 range of adult smallmouth flounder (Fig. 17). 



Inasmuch as we made our largest catches of larvae late in 

 August, it seems likely that spawning peaked sometime 

 between early July and the middle of August. Larval 



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