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Introducticm 89 



Key to eggs of certain fishes 90 



Tautoga onitis (Liimseus). Tautog 92 



Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum). Cunner 99 



Stenotomus chrysops (Linnseus). Scup 102 



Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus). Sea robin 105 



Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill). Whiting 109 



Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). Butterfish 112 



Anchovia argyrophana (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Anchovy 116 



Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). Menhaden, pogy 119 



Pomolobus aestivalis (Mitchill). Blueback, glut herring 123 



Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). Silverside 127 



Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus. Three-spined stickleback 130 



Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill). Foiir-spined stickleback 132 



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