MM-2, 1, 15.0 

 NN-4, 1, U.O 

 PP-1, 1, 14.0 

 D-67-16 Oct 

 AA-7, 1, 12.0 

 CC-7, 1, U.O 

 EE-6, 1, 14.5 

 HH-6, 1. 23.0 



KK-6, 1, 22.0 

 LL-3, 1, 35.0 

 MM-1, 1, 69.5 

 PP-1, 1, 21.0 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 LL-5, 2, mut. 

 MM-3, 2, 14.0-17.0 

 PP-2, 1, mut. 



Adams (1960) concluded that "Histrio spawns year- 

 round in the Florida Current area with a possible mid- 

 winter interruption of reproductive activity." Dooley 

 (1972) found an increase in the mean size of Histrio 

 from April through September followed by a sudden 

 influx of 6 to 15 mm individuals in October and 

 suggested that "spawning occurred at least from late 

 August through April." Our own data do not settle 

 this disparity. We caught small specimens during all 

 four cruises but not in numbers large enough to con- 

 struct significant length-frequency curves. 



GADIDAE 



Urophycis earlii (Bean) 



Carolina hake 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 FF-3, 1, 25.0 TL 

 KK-3, 1, 25.0 TL 



Urophycis ftoridanus 



(Bean and Dresel) 



southern hake 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-5, 2, 12.0-30.0 TL 

 BB-3, 1, 60.0 TL 

 FF-5, 4, 15.0-40.0 TL 

 HH-4, 3, 21.0-37.0 TL 

 HH-5, 3, 43.8-70.0 TL 

 JJ-4, 1, 25.0 TL 

 LL-5, 1, 51.0 TL 



Urophycis regius (Walbaum) 



spotted hake 



D-67-4 May 



CC-4, 1, 20.0 TL 

 DD-1, 2, 57.0-57.0 TL 

 DD-2, 2, 35.0-58.0 TL 

 EE-2, 1, 69.0 TL 

 EE-3, 2, 55.5-126.0 TL 

 HH-4, 1, 26.0 TL 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 AA-1, 8, 38.0-40.0 TL 

 AA-2, 69, 27.0-58.0 TL 

 AA-3, 60, 20.0-36.0 TL 

 AA-4, 564, 9.0-28.0 TL 

 AA-5, 17, 9.0-18.0 TL 

 AA-7, 17, 11.0-23.0 TL 

 BB-3, 268, 16.0-76.0 TL 

 BB-4, 60, 24.0-51.0 TL 

 CC-1, 8, 23.0-31.0 TL 



CC-2, 21, 24.0-31.0 TL 

 CC-3, 1, 26.0 TL 

 CC-4, 469, 23.0-65.0 TL 

 CC-5, 8, 19.0-30.0 TL 

 CC-6, 8, 20.0-29.0 TL 

 DD-2, 5, 15.0-26.0 TL 

 DD-3, 7, 22.0-37.0 TL 

 DD-4, 30, 9.0-20.0 TL 

 DD-5, 59, 9.0-17.0 TL 

 DD-6, 19, 8.0-27.0 TL 

 EE-2, 24, 32.0-54.0 TL 

 EE-3, 180, 26.0-64.0 TL 

 EE-4, 23, 14.0-27.0 TL 

 FF-1, 81, 32.0-67.0 TL 

 FF-2, 163, 27.0-54.0 TL 

 FF-3, 2, 24.0-32.0 TL 

 FF-4, 23, 20.0-31.0 TL 

 FF-5, 248, 9.0-25.0 TL 

 GG-1, 7, 27.0-32.0 TL 

 GG-2, 6, 25.0-30.0 TL 

 GG-3, 4, 29.0-41.0 TL 

 GG-4, 3, 27.0-31.0 TL 

 GG-5, 94, 8.0-21.0 TL 

 HH-1, 40, 25.0-34.0 TL 

 HH-2, 7, 20.0-31.0 TL 

 HH-3, 1, 24.0 TL 

 HH-5, 1, 25.0 TL 

 JJ-2, 42, 20.0-49.0 TL 

 JJ-3, 18, 21.0-43.0 TL 

 KK-4, 3, 14.0-16.0 TL 

 KK-5, 1, 24.0 TL 



Urophycis sp. 



D-67-4 May 

 CC-7, 1, 7.5 TL 

 FF-5, 4, 15.0-20.0 TL 



Urophycis regius juveniles were the most numerous 

 of all species caught in the South Atlantic Bight. 

 Spawning evidently begins in late fall or early winter 

 and extends into spring, when adults of this species 

 occupy inshore waters (Anderson 1968, p. 54). The 

 resulting juveniles are then widely distributed in sur- 



face waters at least from New River, N.C., to Daytona 

 Beach, Fla. (Fig. 11), with a center of abundance near 

 Cape Fear, N.C. We caught no juvenile Urophycis sp. 

 south of Cape Kennedy. That point probably marks 

 the approximate southern limit to this genus' abun- 

 dance and spawning range. 



Juvenile U. regius evidently occupy the surface 

 layers until they reach about 75 mm, judging from our 

 catches. They are found in as wide a range of 

 temperatures as the South Atlantic Bight offers dur- 

 ing the winter (Fig. 12) but mostly in temperatures 

 between 10° and 15° C. Catches in relatively warm 

 water on the offshore ends of transects DD and FF ac- 

 count for the second peak in Figure 12. 



OPHIDIIDAE 



Unidentified 

 D-67-4 May 



EE-6, 1, 35.0 

 D-67-16 Oct 



HH-6, 1, 61.0 



HH-7, 1, 28.0 



EXOCOETIDAE 



Chriodorus atherinoides 

 Goode and Bean 

 hardhead halfbeak 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



EE-3, 1, 78.2 

 Cypselurua cyanopterus 

 (Valenciennes) 

 margined flyingfish 

 D-67-16 Oct 



KK-5,1, 46.5 

 Cypselurus exsiliens (Linnaeus) 

 bandwing flyingfish 

 D-67-16 Oct 



KK-6, 1, 52.0 

 Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill) 

 spotfin flyingfish 

 D-67-4 May 



LL-5, 1, 26.5 

 Cypselurus heterurus 

 (Rafinesque) 

 Atlantic flyingfish 

 D-67-4 May 



AA-6, 2, 19.0-21.9 



BB-5, 2, 58.7-62.8 



CC-7, 1, 19.5 



DD-6, 1, 21.5 



HH-4, 1, 16.4 



HH-7, 1, 35.5 



JJ-5, 1, 217.0 



JJ-6, 1, 38.6 



LL-5, 4, 40.0-66.5 



NN-3, 1, 13.9 



NN-4, 2, 16.5-21.0 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



AA-5, 1, 122.5 



AA-7, 4, 18.7-28.5 



DD-6, 2, 21.8-34.6 



GG-7, 1, 30.5 



HH-7, 4, 26.1-62.5 



JJ-6, 1. 19.9 



LL-5, 1, 26.3 



NN-3, 2, 23.7-29.4 



PP-1, 1, 17.4 



PP-3, 1, 57.7 

 D-67-16 Oct 



BB-4, 1, 47.0 



CC-6, 1, 93.8 



DD-5, 2, 20.0-38.6 



EE-6, 3, 36.0-46.2 



FF-4, 1, 18.0 



FF-5, 2, 20.6-23.8 



GG-5, 4, 19.8-41.9 



GG-7, 1, 22.9 



HH-3, 2, 27.0-35.0 



HH-4, 2, 36.5-39.5 



.JJ-2, 4, 19.7-25.8 



KK-1, 4, 21.5-36.5 



KK-5. 1, 29.0 



KK-6, 1, 54.5 



LL-4, 1, 25.0 



LL-5, 1, 22.1 



NN-2, 1, 38.8 



PP-1, 2, 31.6-49.6 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



DD-6, 1, 27.2 



JJ-4, 2, 29.7-54.2 



JJ-5, 1, 89.6 



PP-2, 1, 55.0 



PP-3, 1, 28.5 

 Cypselurus sp. 

 D-67-16 Oct 



NN-2, 1, 34.9 

 Euleptorhamphus velox Poey 

 flying halfbeak 

 D-67-16 Oct 



FF-6, 1, 37.9 

 Exocoetus obtusirostris Gunther 

 oceanic two-wing flyingfish 

 D-67-4 May 



LL-5, 2, 16.0-22.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



PP-1, 1, 13.4 



PP-2, 12, 9.9-21.0 



PP-3, 6, 10.8-20.0 

 Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 

 tropical two-wing flyingfish 

 D-67-4 May 



LL-5, 1, 28.0 



NN-3, 1, 21.0 



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