Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)

"This guide will assist in the identifYing early life stages of sciaenids that occur in marine waters of the western central Atlantic, an area bounded by 35 0 N latitude, 50 0 W longitude, the equator to the south, and the continents on the west. The western-central Atlantic is primarily tropical/subtropical, is characterized by coral reef and hard bottom areas, and includes the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea"--Introduction, paragraph 1.

Technical Memorandum

Atlantic Ocean