Abstract
IN the investigation of the food contents of large batches of math herring (Fishery Board for Scotland, Scientific Investigations, 1927, No. 1, “Observations on the Food of Post-Larval Herring from the Scottish Coast”), Miss Helen S. Ogilvie, of the Fishery Board for Scotland, has an exceptional opportunity. The fishes examined measured about 30 mm. to 45 mm., and were metamorphosing, having a more or less transparent body with, in the larger specimens, scales in the process of formation. Hitherto it has been far more difficult to find such stages than to find the fully scaled forms which are slightly older and larger and constitute the ‘white-bait’. These post-larval stages have now been found in abundance in the coastal waters and up the estuaries in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen. Lot No. I was taken outside Aberdeen Breakwater, Lot No. II off North Pier, and Lot No. III, examined for comparison with the other two, from Kincardine-on-Forth.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
The Food of Young Herring. Nature 120, 349 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120349a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120349a0