CLUPEIDAE 



Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) 

 Atlantic menhaden 

 n-6H-l Jan-Feb 



BB-1, 2, 24.0-27.5 



DD-1, 15, 20.9-23.9 

 Brevoortia sp. 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-4. 1, 21.0 



AA-5, 1. 18.6 



BB-2, I, 19.0 



BB-3, 1. 18.7 



CC-6, 3, 25.4-29.9 



DD-1, 5, 20.2-21.0 



EE-2, 4, 20.9-24.2 



EE-4, 54, 17.9-26.2 



HH-1, 17, 14.7-20.1 

 Etrumeus teres (DeKay) 

 round herring 

 D-6S-1 Jan-Feb 



EE-1, 4, 20.0-23.6 



HH-5, 29, 17.4-18.4 



LL-4, 1, 131.5 

 Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur) 

 Atlantic thread herring 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



DD-1, 1, 75.5 

 D-67-16 Oct 



LL-1, 1, 105.2 



LL-2, 1, 100.5 

 Sardinella anchovia Valenciennes 

 Spanish sardine 

 D-67-4 May 



AA-1, 10, 19.1-27.5 



DD-2, 1, 40.3 



D-e7-8 Jul-Aug 

 DD-2, 7, 21.7-26.4 

 DD-3, 25, 24.0-31.5 

 MM-1, 1, 61.0 



D-67-16 Oct 

 LL-3, 1, 59.2 

 MM-2, 1, 54.4 

 MM-3, 1, 76.0 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 JJ-4, 2, 48.0-50.6 



Unidentified 



D-67-4 May 



AA-2, 4, 16.9-21.2 

 DD-4, 1, 19.0 

 HH-6, 1, 12.0 

 MM-3, 2, 16.6-18.6 



D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 FF-2, 35, 17.8-30.9 

 GG-4, 31. 11.5-16.7 

 GG-5, 9, 10.8-14.9 

 MM-2, 3, 18.1-20.1 



D-67-16 Oct 



HH-4, 3, 23.0-25.5 

 HH-6, 2, 23.5-24.0 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 BB-1, 2, 15.6-20.0 

 DD-6, 2, 14.0-15.8 

 EE-5, 9, 13.3-23.0 

 EE-6, 6, 15.3-18.0 

 FF-6, 2, 21.2-22.0 



Larval Brevoortia tyrannus were identified on the 

 basis of their dorsal ray and myomere counts. 

 Brevoortia tyrannus has 18-24 dorsal rays (June 1958) 

 and 45-50 vertebrae (Sutherland 1963). Those 

 classified as Brevoortia sp. are specimens damaged to 

 the extent that counts are not possible. Etrumeus 

 teres larvae have relatively longer snouts than 

 Brevoortia sp., few anal rays (9-12), and ventral fins 

 located under the origin of the dorsal fin. Both dorsal 

 and anal counts are high in Opisthonema oglinum (D: 

 20-22; A: 20-24). (The latter species spawns during the 

 summer, Brevoortia sp. during the winter.) Harengula 

 pensacolae and Sardinella anchovia share dorsal and 

 anal ray counts, but S. anchovia has more myomeres 

 (45-47) than H. pensacolae (40-42), and the posterior 

 two anal rays are produced in S. anchovia larvae, at 

 least in the sizes we encountered. 



ENGRAULIDAE 



Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus) 



striped anchovy 



D-67-4 May 

 EE-1, 1, 58.0 



D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 JJ-1, 1, 42.6 



D-67-16 Oct 



BB-1, 83, 53.5-61.5 

 CC-4, 42, 19.5-35.0 

 DD-2, 78, 18.5-27.4 



EE-3, 1, 21.5 



LL-1, 2, 28.9-29.9 



MM-1, 6, 34.4-47.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



LL-3, 5, 52.3-56.3 

 Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes) 

 bay anchovy 

 D-67-4 May 



DD-1, 1, 48.5 



EE-1, 1, 48.2 



KK-1, 1, ,34.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



EE-1, 30, 42.0-56.8 

 Anchoa nasuta Hildebrand 

 and Carvalho 

 longnose anchovy 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



DD-1, 4, 41.3-44.8 

 D-67-16 Oct 



BB-1, 18, 42.6-.53.0 



LL-3, 11, 29.2-44.7 



MM-2, 1, 39.8 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



CC-4, 46, 46.3-63.0 



FF-2, 1, 57.9 

 Anchoa sp. 

 D-67-4 May 



AA-2, 9, 18.9-29.0 



AA-4, 9, 14.5-26.6 



AA-5, 1, 16.9 



KK-2, 74, 9.9-28.8 



LL-2, 4, 12.0-28.1 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



CC-1, 2, 19.6-21.7 



CC-3, 5, 54.7-58.0 

 D-67-16 Oct 



AA-3, 1, 18.3 



CC-3, 3, 15.0-21.8 



CC-6, 1, 24.0 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-2, 6, 20.9-22.0 



AA-3, 7, 20.0-21.4 



LL-5, 1, 25.6 

 Engrautis eurystote 

 (Swain and Meek) 

 silver anchovy 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



BB-4, 1, .35.9 



Unidentified 

 D-67-4 May 



AA-3, 2, 19.0-mut. 



BB-2, 2, 19.5-20.2 



BB-4, 1, 17.9 



CC-1, 1, 21.7 



HH-2, 1, 17.4 



HH-4, 5, 15.4-17.9 



JJ-1, 7, 15.5-21.9 



KK-1, 3, 22.5-29.5 



LL-2, 2, 10.3-11.0 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



BB-1, 1, 25.0 

 D-67-16 Oct 



CC-5, 11, 19.0-23.5 



CC-6, 1, 19.2 



DD-1, 1, 19.7-28.5 



DD-4, 3, 19.0-23.1 



DD-5, 5, 23.0-25.0 



EE-2, 9, 19.9-25.7 



LL-3, 4, 29.5-47.0 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-4, 2, 15.6-17.5 



SYNODONTIDAE 



Synodus foetens (Linnaeus) 

 inshore lizardfish 

 D-67-4 May 



DD-2, 2, 24.0-28.0 



DD-4, 2, 16.0-19.5 



FF-2, 2, 23.0-25.7 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



JJ-5, 1, 16.9 

 Unidentified 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



JJ-4, 1, mut. 



MM-4, 1, 22.8 



The synodontids are characterized by wide vari- 

 ation in vertebral numbers between the species 

 (Miller and Jorgenson 1973) with Synodus foetens 

 having the highest count (56-61). All those specimens 

 here identified as S. foetens have myomere counts of 

 60 (±1). Pigment patterns on the unidentified syn- 

 odontids are not sufficient to identify them since the 

 patterns are intermediate between those described by 

 Anderson et al. (1966), 



MYCTOPHIDAE 



Unidentified 

 D-67-16 Oct 



PP-3, 2, 17.9-mut. 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



FF-5, 1, mut. 



GG-6, 1, 16.9 



PP-2, 6, mut. -17.3 



ANTENNARIIDAE 



Histrio histrio (Linnaeus) 



sargassumfish 



D-67-4 May 



DD-6, 3, 17.0-92.0 



EE-6, 1, 31.0 



GG-5, 1, 40.0 

 HH-3, 1, 26.5 

 HH-7, 4, 10.5-29.0 

 KK-5, 1, 13.0 

 KK-6, 1, 13.0 

 LL-5, 1, 14.0 

 MM-4, 3, 11.0-20.0 

 NN-2, 1, 20.0 

 NN-3, 2, 10.0-14.0 

 NN-4, 7, 10.0-18.0 

 PP-1, 1, 9.5 

 PP-2, 3, 10.5-24.0 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 KK-5, 2, 10.0-15.0 



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