4-52 



TABLE 4-8. DOMINANT SPECIES OF FISH LARVAE REPORTED FROM LONG ISLAND 



SOUND AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM 1943 THROUGH 1975. NEW HAVEN 

 HARBOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES SUMMARY REPORT, 1979. 



Merriman and Sclar (1952) 

 Block Island Sound, 1943-1946 



1. Cynoscion regalis 



2. Tautogolabrus adspersus 



3. Urophycis spp. 



4. Limanda ferruginea 



5. Myoxocephalus spp. 



Wheatland (1956) 



Long Island Sound, 1952-1954 



1. Anchoa mltchilli 



2. Ammodytes americanus 



3. Brevoortia tyrannus 



4. Pseudopleuronectes americanus 



Richards (1959) 



Long Island Sound, 1954-1955 



1954 



1955 



1. Anchoa mitchilli 1. 



2. Brevoortia tyrannus 2. 



3. Pseudopleuronectes americanus 3. 



4. Cynoscion regalis 4. 



5. Ammodytes americanus 5. 



Ammodytes americanus 

 Anchoa mitchilli 

 Brevoortia tyrannus 

 Pseudopleuronectes americanus 

 Tautogolabrus adspersus 



Herman (1963) 

 Narragansett Bay, R.I, 



1957 



Pearcy and Richards (1962) 

 Mystic River, Conn., 1958-1960 



1. Myoxocephalus spp. 



2. Ammodytes americanus 



3. Tautogolabrus adspersus 



4. Anchoa mitchilli 



5. Menidia menidia 



1 . Pseudopleuronectes americanus 



2. Microgadus tomcod 



3. Myoxocephalus aeneus 



4. Anchoa mitchilli 



5. Pholis gunnellus 



Northeast Utilities (1976) 

 Millstone Point, Conn., 1971' 



1975 



1. Engraulidae 



2 . Scomber scombrus 



3. Tautogolabrus adspersus 



4. Tautoga onitis 



5 . Pseudopleuronectes americanus 



6. Scophthalmus aquosus 



