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TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS. 



hand whether this portion disappears with growth or becomes 

 incorporated with the rest. 



Measurements were made upon several other parts of the body 

 but the data obtained do not seem to indicate any special 

 peculiarities beyond those already mentioned. Of these meas- 

 urements the length of the operculum is alone included in the 

 table, the figures in the fourth column representing the distance 

 in millimeters from the posterior corner of the eye to the tip of 

 the opercular flap. 



The age of the specimen cannot, of course, be stated, but it 

 seems probable that it is from the brood of the current season. 

 Professor Stockard's observations indicate an early spawning. 

 During the summer some specimens only slightly larger than 

 the one described w r ere taken, while others had reached 175 mm. 

 or more in length, and in the winter specimens from six to ten 

 inches long are captured. Consequently, if these fragmentary 

 observations are to be trusted, it seems probable that these fish 

 hatch early in the spring and grow rapidly during the first year, 

 attaining a length of possibly ten inches in this time. 



The writer is indebted to Drs. R. J. Terry and V. E. Emmel 

 for securing and preserving the specimens studied. The drawings 

 are the work of Mr. W. T. Oliver. 



