Download or read book Preliminary Guide to the Identification of the Early Life History Stages of Sciaenid Fishes from the Western Central Atlantic written by James G. Ditty and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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