Table 11. --Monthly distribution and length range (mm in parentheses) of 

 young-of-the-year striped mullet in samples collected by haul seine 

 and surface trawl. 



Month 



Zone 



Total 

 number 



Jan. 24 3 17 



(21-24) (21-27) (25-29) 



Feb. 31 97 1,434 



(21-27) (22-31) (16-33) 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



(107-123) (96-134) (59-126) 



11 



15 

 (114-131) 



(84) 



14 



(82-118) (101-133) (92-114) 



1 3 11 5 

 (80) (21-80) (88-120) (86-106) 



13 110 

 (20-102) (22-83) 



1 

 (52) 



1 

 (84) 



1 

 (118) 



1,562 



669 



1,898 



11 



27 



15 



50 



30 



20 



138 



collections from Zone 5, while rough silverside 

 was restricted to collections from Zone 6. No 

 young-of-the-year of either species occurred in 

 the collections. Hogchoker occurred throughout 

 the system, but the sizes of specimens in col- 

 lections did not provide any information on 

 spawning and movement. The smallest hog- 

 choker (19 mm) was collected from Zone 5 in 

 August. 



Other Fishes 



In addition to the above major species, many 

 other marine fishes utilized the system as a nur- 

 sery area. Most notable among these were 

 speckled worm eel {Myrophis punctattis), in- 



shore lizardfish (Synodius foetens) , spotted hake 

 {Urophycis regius) , Atlantic needlefish (Stron- 

 gylura marina) , mummichog {Fundulus hetero- 

 clitus) , rock sea bass {Centropristis philadel- 

 phica) , black sea bass (C. st7-iata) , Warsaw 

 grouper {Epinephelus nigritus), crevalle jack 

 {Caranx hippos) , Atlantic bumper {Chloroscom- 

 brus chrysurus) , lookdown (Selene vomer), 

 gray snapper (Lzitjanus griseus) , silver perch 

 (Bairdiella chrysura) , spotted seatrout {Cynos- 

 cion nehulosus) , weakfish {C. regalis) , black 

 drum {Pogonias cromis) , Atlantic cutlassfish 

 (Trichiurus lepturus) , Spanish mackerel {Scom- 

 beromortis maculatus) , bay whiff (Citharichthys 

 spilopterics) , fringed flounder {Etroptis cros- 

 sotus) , summer flounder (Paralichthys denta- 

 tus) , southern flounder {P. lethostigma) , black- 



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