Table 1. — Sumnary of cruises. 



D-71-14 Aug. 23-27, Fire Island, N.Y. to 

 1971 Ocean City, Md. 



Del-71-2 Nov. 2-3, 



1971 



Del-72-15 May 15-26, 

 1972 



Fire Island. N.Y. to 

 Bamegat Inlet, N.J. 



Assateague Island , Va. 

 to Cape Kennedy, Fla. 



Oregon Inlet, N.C. to 

 Cape Kennedy, Fla. 



Oregon Inlet. N.C. to 

 Cape Kennedy, Fla. 



morphometric and meristic 

 studies. 



(1) same as item 1 of D-71-11; 



(2) define biologically and 

 hydrographically a cell of 

 cold bottom water which 

 repeatedly occurs In the 

 N.Y. Bight during the ; 



Check comparability of 

 Delaware II and Dolphin in 

 towing ^A, combination trawl. 



(1) Same as D-71-11; 



(2) continue survey of 

 coastal fishes . 



(1) Same as Del-71-li (21 make 

 neuston net tows at each trawl 

 station to sample for juvenile 

 fishes. 



Same as Del-71-3. 



Hydrographic data obtained routinely at the beginning of 

 each station consisted of vertical temperature and salinity 

 profiles as well as surface temperature and depth. Salinity 

 was measured at the surface and at 5-m intervals as 

 determined by markings on the portable saKnometer cable. 

 The cable was kept as nearly vertical as possible by 

 attaching a 4.5-kg (10-pound) weight to the sensor and by 

 moving the vessel slowly in the direction of drift. Deviations 

 from this procedure were made during some cruises and on 

 particular stations because of the depth limit of the 

 salinometer cable, weather conditions, instrument failure, 

 or close proximity of stations. Only measurements of depth 



and of the temperature and salinity at the surface and 

 bottom are given in Appendix Table 1. All additional 

 hydrographic data are on file at the Middle Atlantic Coastal 

 Fisheries Center. 



Trawl tows were made along isobaths to avoid sudden 

 depth changes. Towing duration was 3 to 70 min, but most 

 tows were 15 min. Towing speed was about 5.6 km/h (3 

 knots). 



At the conclusion of each tow, the trawl was hauled back 

 and emptied onto a fish sorting table where all finfish were 

 sorted and identified. Sources of identification used were: 

 Jordan and Evermann (1896-1900), Hildebrand and Schroe- 

 der (1928), Beebe and Tee-Van (1933), Ginsburg (1937, 1950, 

 1951, 1952, 1953), Hildebrand (1943), Breder (1948), Bigelow 

 and Schroeder (1953), Berry (1959a, 1959b), Miller (1959), 

 Berry and Anderson (1961), Berry and Vogele (1961), Jutare 

 (1962), Casey (1964), Rivas (1964), Eschmeyer (1965). 

 Anderson et al. (1966), Greenwood et al. (1966), Randall and 

 CaldweU (1966), Anderson (1967), Gutherz (1967), Moore 

 (1967), Bohlke and Chaplin (1968), Randall (1968), and Shipp 

 and Yerger (1969). 



Sciaenid species of interest were dealt with in one or 

 more of the following ways: counted, weighed, and 

 measured; tagged and released; or frozen for laboratory 

 determination of age, growth, racial characteristics, and 

 fecundity. When time and personnel permitted, specimens 

 of other species were weighed, counted, and a random 

 sample measured to the nearest centimeter. When the 

 number of any species was excessive, the total number was 

 estimated by counting and weighing the specimens in a 

 subsample. The data for several of the early cruises are 

 incomplete owing largely to the lack of personnel. 



Appendix Table 2 is a phylogenetic list of the 217 species 

 and 77 families of fishes collected during the 18 cruises. 

 Unless indicated, scientific and common names are 

 according to Bailey et al. (1970). Length measurements are 

 expressed as total length. 



Collected data were recorded on appropriate automatic 

 data processing forms, transferred to punch cards, and 

 incorporated into sorting, listing, and statistical systems to 

 simpUfy data recall and analysis. Arrangements of data 

 presented here were accomplished using these systems. 



LITERATURE CITED 



ANDERSON, W. D.. JR. 



1967. Field guide to the snappers (Lutjanidae) of the western 

 Atlantic. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Circ. 252. 14 p. 

 ANDERSON, W. W., J. W. GEHRINGER, and F. H. BERRY. 



1966. Field guide to the Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) of the west- 

 ern Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Circ. 245. 12 p. 

 BAILEY, R. M., J. E. FITCH, E. S. HERALD, E. A. LACHNER. 

 C. C. LINDSAY, C. R. ROBINS, and W. B. SCOTT. 



1970. A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the 

 United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc, Spec. Publ. 6, 150 p. 

 BEEBE, W., and J. TEE-VAN. 



1933. Field book of the shore fishes of Bermuda. G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons. N.Y., 337 p. 

 BERRY. F. H. 



1959a. Boarfishes of the genus Antigonia of the western Atlantic. 



Bull. Fla. State Mus., Biol. Sci. 4:205-250. 

 1959b. Young jack crevalles (Caranx species) off the southeastern 

 Atlantic coast of the United States. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., 

 Fish. Bull. 59:417-535. 



