4176 SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT Procedure Published / External 8590 San Antonio Bay 1986-1989 Data Set Completed Organisms were measured determine total length (TL) or carapace width (CW), as appropriate. Fish were measured and recorded in 10 mm TL intervals and non-penaeid shrimp and 'other crustaceans' in 5 mm length intervals. Fish were measured after being placed flat on their side with the mouth closed. TL was the distance from the snout to the tip of the longest caudal fin ray. TL was measured in millimeters for most penaeid shrimp from tip of rostrum to tip of telson, if the rostrum was intact. Carapace width (CW) of crabs was measured across widest part of carapace (from tip to tip of the lateral spines, if present). If lateral spines were broken, that individual was not measured. Hermit crabs were not measured. Counts must be divided by 2.6 to determine abundance/m2. Midpoint of size range represents midpoint of interval, not mean of actual measurements. Some penaeid shrimp were measured as RCL (rostrum + carapace length) instead of TL. RCL was recorded under the CL column and identified as such in comments. Galveston Laboratory Galveston TX gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:4176 Lee Weinberger 2007-05-01T05:13:51 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:10:59 2021-10-21 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2021-10-21 1 Year 2022-10-21