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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Figcbe 20. — Caranx crysos juvenile, 10.6 mm. standard length (Gill 3, Reg. 61). 



Figure 21. — Caranx crysos juvenile, 15.6 mm. standard length (Gill 8, Reg. 29 to 30). 



indicating an increase in soft-ray growth rate at 

 about this size. 



Anal soft-rays. — 19 to 21 (table 4). Formation, 

 segmentation, branching, and lobation occur about 

 as in the dorsal rays The second ray averages the 

 greatest length to about 22 mm. standard length; 

 above 22 mm., the first ray is longest. The 

 longest dorsal and anal rays are of approximately 

 equal length to about 31 mm.; above this size 



the dorsal averages slightly longer. The second 

 anal spine is slightly shorter than the longest anal 

 ray on specimens below 8 mm., is only one-half as 

 long from 40 to 70 mm., and one-third as long at 

 219 mm. 



Interneural and interhemal spines. — The poste- 

 rior lateral projections of these spines are not ex- 

 tended above the body surface (as occurs in latus 

 and hippos). 



