Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service - NOAA

YOUNG OF BOMB MAKINE PISHES IN LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAT, VA. 97
March to October, while Hildebrand and Schroeder (1928) found young in November
and December. Although some fish may remain in the deeper waters throughout the
winter, most young seek the warmer offshore oceanic water. Trawlers operating off
the Virginia and North Carolina coasts during the winter of 1930-31 secured many
juvenile sea trout from 13 to 17 cm. in length (Pearson, 1931).
Hildebrand and Cable (1934) have presented extensive data on the growth of
gray sea trout at Beaufort, N. C.
TABLE 3.—Length-frequency distributions of gray sea trout, Cynoscion regalis, secured from pound nets
at various localities along the Atlantic coast by R. A. Nesbit
Length
North
In
Carolina
centimeters
1933 1934
9.0
10 5
11 0
11 5
13 0
13 5
140
14 5
15 Q
15 Б
160
16.5—
17 0
17.5 ...
18.0—
18 5
19.0—
19.8—
20.0-—
20.5—
21.0—
21.8—
22.0—.
226
23 Q
23.5
24 0
24 6
25 0
25 5
26 0
26 5
27.0—
27.5....
1
3 2
1
1
1 1
9
я
13
188
12
11
16 43
3 21
2
Total- 118
2
2
1
5
6
8
6
6
4
9
6
4 11
60
Chesapeake
Bay
1
"2"
1
1
3
1
3
3
3
9
7
9
15
11 2
3
66
Exmore
1
ï
? 15
14
17
26
44
57
71
56
65
61
46
16
17
?
3
602
1
2
4 9
26
24
21
1193211
114
Wlldwood
2
1 664645644
46
3
4
9
13 542331
47
1
1
Я 8
q
18
?fl
?Я
28
30
24
29
31
24
7
5
2 1
3 21
281
Beach
Haven
1 ....
"ï .'.'.'.
1
1 ....
1
6
1
1 198
Northern New Jersey
1
6
11
16 Й
39
32
71
22
18 6n3441
— .
....
....
1
1
1
1
6
1
f,
8 4
7
9
fl
9
13
13
17
17
18 56711
146
....
1
1
"2"
2
4
6
3
6
6 2
7
40
3
n
3 g
12
20
30
32
42
49
41
26
22
14
8 11
318
2
1
3 1
3
6 2441
27
Fire Island
1931 1933 1934 1933 1934 1930 1932 1934 1930 1931 1928 1929 1930 1931 1934 1928 1929 1930 1931 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934
PRIONOTUS sp. Sea robin
1
4
12
14
27
31
48
100
156
136
172
178
208
158
89
91
98
46
33
36
156
1,661
7
1
1
2
3 4
3
3
8
3
14
8
11
12
9
6 31
92
....
"2"
1
1
3
4
1
4
4
10 4
9
12
4
4
64
1
2
5 2
11
10
11
8
13 7
17
22
26
12
9
11
3
6 22
....
181
Montauk
Distribution.—The young of the genus, Prionotus, were taken abundantly from
June 19 to July 29, 1929, and from July 21 to July 29, 1930, principally at points
adjacent to the sea.
Description.—The lengths of the young ranged from 1.5 to 11 mm. Positive
specific identification of these young Prionotus could not be made. On the basis of
descriptions of P. carolinus by Kuntz and Radcliffe (1917), the writer is inclined to
believe that the Chesapeake Bay fish may belong to the closely related species, P.
evolans. The larval stages of both species are perhaps quite similar and separation
may prove impossible.
TAUTOGA ONITIS (Linnaeus). Tautog
Distribution.—A few larvae of the tautog were secured at several localities from
May 6 to May 23, 1930.
1
1
2
2
3
7
11
10
16
20
21
16
27
16
28 6
12
7
11
3 2
2 1
1
225
1
1
1
1
2
1
6
2
4
8
7 7
9
12
14 9
18
16
16
12
10 42131
168
"z 9
11
23
25
20
12
6
6
5 4
2
2
1
1 ....
128
2
10
19
30
44
49
64
30
29
9
4
4
2 1
287