Colton, John B., Jr., and Robert R. Marak. 



1969. Guide for identifying the common planktonic fish eggs 



and larvae of Continental Shelf waters, Cape Sable to Block 

 Island. U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological 

 Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., Laboratory Reference no. 69-9, 

 72 p. 



Brief description of B_. tyr annus eggs and larvae with 

 figures of 4.5-, 5.7-, 9.0-, and 23-mm larvae. 



Combs, Ralph M. 



1969. Embryogenesis, histology and organology of the ovary of 



Brevoortia patronus . Gulf Research Reports, vol. 2, no. 4, 

 p. 333-434. 



A detailed study with illustrations of the subject. 



Commercial Fisheries Review. 



1963. Menhaden. Commercial Fisheries Review, vol. 25, no. 2, 

 p. 36-37. 



B_. patronus occur throughout the year in Alabama, 

 Mississippi and Louisiana coastal waters. Length 

 frequency data listed. 



Commercial Fisheries Review. 



1967. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries programs. "Bowers" uses 



lights and recorders. Commercial Fisheries Review, vol. 29, 

 no. 89, p. 23. 



First-year-class menhaden, J3. patronus , were attracted 



at night to artificial white lights in the Gulf of Mexico. 



Compton, Henry. 



1965. A survey of fish populations in the inshore Gulf of 



Mexico off Texas, p. 55-86. In Texas Parks and Wildlife 

 Department. Coastal Fisheries Project Reports, 1965. 



IS. patronus and B_. gunteri mentioned. 



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