LL-4, 1, mut. 

 D-6S-1 Jan-Feb 

 AA-7, 7, mut. 

 BB-5, 2, 17.5-20.0 

 DD-6, 7, 7.5-12.5 



EE-4, 1, 22.0 

 FF-5, 1, 11.0 

 FF-6, 1, 10.0 

 MM-4. 1. 21.0 

 PP-2, 1, 5.5 SL 



Our catches (Table 7) support Anderson's (1958) 

 contention that Mugil cephalus spawns during early 



Table 7. — Seasonal catch of two species of mullet. 



Spring 



Summer 



Fall 



Winter 



Mugil curema 

 Mugil cephalus 



348 

 2 



19 

 1 



14 

 171 



winter (Fig. 16) when continental shelf water 

 temperatures are falling and M. curema spawns dur- 

 ing the spring (Fig. 17) when temperatures are rising. 

 However, our catches show no inshore movement with 

 growth in either species (as reported for both species 

 by Anderson 1957, 1958). The largest mullet we 

 caught was 26.5 mm FL, approximating the max- 

 imum size caught by Anderson (1957, Table 2) 

 offshore. Perhaps growth of juveniles is arrested at 

 about this size and resumes with the migration of 

 postlarval mullet from ocean to estuary. Were this not 

 the case, larger fish would occasionally be caught 

 offshore. 



A second examination of all mullets was made to 

 determine whether the freshwater mullet, 

 Agonostomus monticola, was present. None was 

 found. Mugil cephalus and M. curema occurred 

 together in only 12 tows. 



SPHYRAENIDAE 



Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum) 

 great barracuda 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



NN-1, 1, 16.3 



NN-2, 1, 16.8 

 Sphyraena borealis DeKay 

 northern sennet 

 D-67-4 May 



AA-4, 1, 40.4 



FF-1, 2, 38.4-49.4 



KK-2,.l, 33.7 

 LL-2, 1, 37.8 



D-67-16 Oct 

 AA-4, 1, 42.1 



D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 DD-5. 1. 23.9 

 DD-6, 1, 30.0 

 EE-6, 1, 42.9 

 PP-1, 1, 34.3 



If Sphyraena borealis and S. picudilla are valid 

 separate species, those specimens here identified as 

 the former species may well include the latter, for I 

 was unable to find a character which separates the 

 two species in fishes less than 50 mm. I found that 

 characters such as relative eye size and nature of the 

 interorbital space (de Sylva 1963, p. 34) were insuf- 

 ficiently different in small specimens to permit 

 separation into two species. 



URANOSCOPIDAE 



Unidentified 

 D-67-4 May 

 FF-3, 1, 23.5 



FF-4, 1, 21.9 

 HH-4, 2, 15.9-18.3 

 JJ-3, 1, 16.0 



KK-3, 1, 17.7 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



JJ-3, 2, 8.1-8.9 

 D-67-16 Oct 

 DD-3, 1, 11.7 

 DD-4, 1, 9.4 

 GG-5, 1, 13.1 

 HH-6, 2, 9.5-12.8 

 D-68-! Jan-Feb 

 GG-5, 5, 9.2-10.9 

 KK-5, 1, 14.9 



BLENNIIDAE 



Unidentified 



D-67-4 May 

 AA-4, 1, 21.4 

 AA-5, 1, 21.8 

 CC-5, 1, 14.9 

 FF-1, 4, 13.3-16.7 

 FF-3, 6, 9.3-21.0 

 FF-4, 1, 21.0 

 HH-2, 4, 11.7-13.4 

 JJ-3, 2, 13.8-14.8 



KK-2, 3, 11.4-16.4 



MM-1, 5, 20.1-20.6 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



BB-3, 1, 10.5 

 D-67-16 Oct 



CC-2, 2, 14.8-16.5 



DD-3, 1, 11.2 



KK-3, 1, 16.9 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-4, 1, 19.8 



NN-1, 1, 13.6 



GOBIIDAE 



Unidentified 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 MM-2, 2, 4.1-4.5 



GEMPYLIDAE 



Diplospinus multistriatus Maul 

 D-67-16 Oct 



NN-3, 1, 26.9 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



PP-2, 1, 14.7 



Voss (1954) described and assigned larvae to two 

 types within the genus Gempylus: Gempylus A and 

 Gempylus B. The two specimens reported on here are 

 assignable to her Gempylus A by virtue of the 

 preopercular spination and lack of rays following the 

 serrated pelvic spine. As Ahlstrom (1971) reported, 

 Voss' Gempylus A larvae are Diplospinus mul- 

 tistriatus. Voss (1954) reported larval occurrences in 

 winter, spring, and summer. The addition of our catch 

 in the fall (October) indicates this species spawns 

 throughout the year. 



SCOMBREDAE 



Auxis sp. 

 D-67-4 May 

 LL-5. 2, 15.5-19.1 

 MM-4, 4, 17.4-23.7 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 BB-6, 1, 22.4 

 GG-6, 2, 12.2-mut. 

 GG-7, 1, 11.0 

 HH-7, 5, 13.3-21.3 

 KK-6, 3, 7.9-13.9 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 GG-7, 1, 15.0 

 JJ-6, 1, 13.7 

 KK-6, 1, 17.5 

 MM-4, 10, 12.6-21.7 

 Euthynnus alletteratus 

 (Rafinesque) 

 little tunny 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 FF-4, 1, 11.2 

 GG-6, 5, 12.2-14.5 

 GG-7, 1, 12.0 

 JJ-4, 1, 16.7 



Scorn ber japonicus Houttuyn 

 chub mackerel 

 D-67-4 May 



FF-4, 1, mut. 



HH-5, 1, 22.2 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-5, 1, 15.7 



AA-7, 2, 18.6-22.2 



KK-5, 1, 29.5 

 Scomberomorus maculatus 

 (Mitchill) 

 Spanish mackerel 

 D-67-4 May 



LL-2, 1, 21.9 



MM-1, 1, 22.1 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



DD-1, 1, 27.1 



DD-3, 1, 20.8 

 Thunnus sp. 

 D-67-4 May 



PP-1, 1, 13.7 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



GG-7, 1, 9.9 



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