WARNER: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF PIMELOMETOPON PULCHRUM 



length for P. pulchrum from Catalina Island (Ta- 

 ble 2) and Guadalupe Island (Table 3), as well as 

 the relative frequencies for each size grouping 

 (Figure 8), are similar in both localities in that the 



small size classes are made up exclusively of im- 

 mature females. Mature females are most abun- 

 dant in the next size classes, and then become less 

 numerous as males begin to predominate in the 



Figure 6. -Degenerating oocytes (doc) in the lumen (1) and lamellae (la) of the gonad of a 

 transitional individual of Pimelometopon pulchrum. Specimen number PP405, 317 mm SL. 



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Figure 7.— Spermatogenic crypts (shown by arrows) developing in a gonadal lamella of a 

 transforming Pimelometopon pulchrum. Stage 2 oocytes (oc) and a corpus atreticum (ca) can 

 also be seen. Specimen number PP405, 317 mm SL. 



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