two spawning peaks occurred during the spawn- 

 ing season from late October to late March. Lar- 

 vae entered at smaller sizes than reported for 

 estuaries on the Louisiana and southern Florida 

 coasts. Early growth was in the upper Bay, and 

 as the young increased in size they moved Gulf- 

 ward. Young, 31 to 50 mm TL, in April appeared 

 to attain a size of 91 to 120 mm by August. Small 

 catches after August indicated that most juve- 

 niles had moved out of the estuary. Gulf men- 

 haden and bay anchovy, Anchoa mifchilli, made 

 up about 92% of all fish caught. The latter may 

 be the most important competitor of menhaden 

 for food and space in East Bay. 



Eighty-four species of fishes, representing 46 

 families, were captured. The number and length 

 of each species by month are presented for the 

 areas from which it was caught. Also included 

 are the salinity and temperature ranges at cap- 

 ture. Species not previously recorded from Pensa- 

 cola estuaries are flat anchovy, Anchoviella per- 

 fasciata; rough silversides, Membraa murtinica; 

 chain pipefish, Syngnathus louisianae; and web 

 burrfish, ChUomycterus avtillarum. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank Thomas W. McKenney and William 

 J. Richards, Southeast Fisheries Center, National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Miami, and 

 Ralph W. Yerger, Florida State University, Talla- 

 hassee, for identifying various specimens. We are 

 also grateful to Nelson R. Cooley, Environmental 

 Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze Laboratory, for 

 indicating new records for the Pensacola area. 



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