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Table 14. — Average lengths of striped bass at the time they become 1 year old, 2 years old, etc., to 9 



years old 



Age 



1 year old - 



2 years old 



3 years old 



4 years old 



5 years old 



Average length 



Centi- 

 meters 



12.5 

 23.5 

 36.5 

 45.0 

 63.0 



Inches 



4.92 

 9.25 

 14.37 

 17.72 

 20.87 



Age 



6 years old 



7 years old 



8 years old 



9 years old 



Average length 



Centi- 

 meters 



61.0 

 68.5 

 75.0 

 82.0 



Inches 



24.02 

 26.97 

 29.53 

 32.28 



Note.— See Dg. 20. 



Table 15. — Original measurements of the radii of scales from 153 striped bass of measured length from 



10.5-87 centimeters long 



Note.— See fig. 21 for graph of relationship of scale growth to body growth in the striped bass, plotted from data in this table 

 Table 16. — Annual increment in the length of the striped bass 



Age 



First year 



Second year. 

 Third year.. 

 Fourth year . 

 Fifth year. . . 

 Sixth year... 

 Seventh year 

 Eighth year. 



Increment 



Centi- 

 meters 



12.6 

 11.0 

 13.0 

 8.5 

 8.0 

 8.0 

 7.6 

 6.5 



Inches 



4.92 

 4.33 

 5.12 

 3.35 

 3.15 

 3.15 

 2.95 

 2.66 



Note.— See fig. 22. 



