FURTHER NOTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE HISTORY 
OF SOME TELEOSTS AT BEAUFORT, N. C . 1 
By Samuel F. Hildebrand and Louella E. Cable, United States Bureau of Fisheries 
CONTENTS 
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Introduction.. 506 
Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill). 
Spanish mackerel, with notes on related 
species 508 
Characters of the adult 509 
Spawning 510 
Descriptions of the young 510 
A discussion of the relationship of the 
species of Scomberomorus and the 
probable identity of the young 517 
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). Pinfish.. 518 
Characters of the adult 519 
Spawning 520 
Descriptions of the young 520 
Distribution of the young 524 
Growth 526 
Archosargus probalocephalus (Walbaum). 
Sheepshead 526 
Characters of the adult 526 
Spawning 527 
Descriptions of the young 528 
Distribution of the young 532 
Food 532 
Growth 533 
Chaetodiplerus faber (Broussonet). Spade- 
fish 534 
Characters of the adult 535 
Spawning 536 
Descriptions of the young 536 
Distribution of the young 543 
Growth 543 
Family Gobiidae. Gobies 543 
Distinguishing characters of the young 
of the genera Gobiosoma, Microgo- 
bius, and Gobionellus 545 
A comparison of the eggs and the 
young of some American and Euro- 
pean gobies 546 
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Family Gobiidae— Continued. 
Gobiosoma bosci (Lacepede) and Go- 
biosoma ginsburgi, Hildebrand and 
Schroeder. Naked gobies 548 
Key to the adults of the local 
species 548 
Spawning 550 
Descriptions of the eggs and 
young 551 
Distributions of the young 558 
Growth 559 
Microgobius holmesi Smith. Holmes 
goby 559 
Spawning 560 
Descriptions of the young 560 
Distribution of the young 563 
Growth 564 
Local species of Gobionellus 564 
Gobionellus boleosoma (Jordan and 
Gilbert). Scallop fish 565 
Spawning 565 
Descriptions of the eggs and 
young 566 
Distribution of the young 571 
Growth 571 
Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas). Ocean 
goby 571 
Spawning 572 
Descriptions of the young 572 
Distribution of the young 573 
Family Blenniidae. Theblennies 573 
Key to the genera and species 574 
The characters of the eggs and newly 
hatched young 574 
Distinguishing characters 574 
A comparison of the eggs and young of 
some American and European 
blennies 575 
1 Bulletin No. 24. Approved for publication, June 19, 1937. 
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