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length, was taken at Woods Hole, Mass., on July 20, 1915, but there are no other 
records from north of Chesapeake Bay for post-larval examples. The species will 
probably be found to spawn regularly as far north as Delaware Bay, for although 
spawning specimens have not been observed in New Jersey by the writers the 
young of the previous winter are found in abundance in the surf during the summer 
months, and it seems hardly probable that these fish have migrated from southern 
spawning grounds. These young fish were abundant in the pound net on Youngs 
Fig. 38.— Adult fish; actual length, 16.4 cm. 
LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS. 
Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., during August, 1920, the great majority of them passing 
through the meshes when the net was raised. A few of the larger individuals were 
taken, none of them exceeding 10 cm. (4 inches) in total length, while the length of 
the smallest was estimated at about 6 cm. (2J inches), and the modal length in 
August may be put at about 8 cm. (3J inches). At the same time large numbers 
of the previous year class were taken, varying from 11 to 16 cm. (41 to 61 inches) 
in length, with a modal length of 14 cm. (51 inches). These measurements indicate 
