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Fishery Bulletin 88(3). 1990 



A. MARCH-JUNE 



Mar-Apr 



5M 

 n=7 C/t=035 



'V'"" ' " I 



— I 1 1 



9M 

 n=4 C/t=01R 



-r 1 1 r 



5n 



16 M 

 n=1 C/f<0 1 



1 ' r- 



86M 

 n=1 C/f<0 1 



-1 ^"i T" 



5- 



May 



V 



9M 

 n=64 C/f=5 8 



—I 1 r- 



, — 0- 



13M 

 n=15 C/t=l 4 



-1 1 r 



5i 



^0- 



16M 

 n=27 C/t=0 5 



o 10 



UJ 



=3 5- 



Jun 



5M 

 n=167 C/t=14 8 



1 — ^ 1 ' "i • r 



. • 



9M 

 n=83 C/t=8 6 



,.. - jaA/-^ 



13M 

 n=29 C/f=2 5 



1 



5i 



^..-yV^'V^s. 



16M 

 n=65 C/f=14 



18M 

 n=9 C/(=0 8 



5l 



"r "■' ' - I 



^^^^,^„- 



22-24M 

 n=45 C/f=04 



5n 



27M 

 n=1 C/f=0 1 



— r- 



60 



— I ' — — I ' 1 1 1 



120 180 240 300 



5 



Jul 



B. JULY-AUGUST 



-0- 



5i 



15-1 

 5 M 

 n = 186 C/f=18 7 lo- 



-1 5- 



-1 5 



5] Aug 



40 

 1 30- 



20- 

 10- 



1 10 



5 



Hi''- " 

 " 1 r- 



5M 



n=178 C/f=17 2 



0- 



9M 

 n=210 C/f=107 



' 0— 



13M 

 n=94 C/M8 



16M 

 n=460 C/f=9 1 



1 1 1 — ^ n 



. -0 ^ 



18M 

 n=6 C/t=0 5 



0' 



22-24M 

 n=13 C/f=0 1 



T ' T 



-. .Y^h. A ,n , j_ 



5M 



n=15 C/f=1 8 



' f- ' " ' 'T'ir' — f^ 



gM 

 n=73 C/f=9 9 



V  ^ . ^(^ " 



13M 

 n=112 C/f=11 1 



-1 ' r 



18M 

 n=126 C/t=12 6 ' 



16M 

 n=970 C/f=278 



^^* , . 1 



-1 1 1 1 ' I 1 ^^ r 



10-1 

 5 



— 



22 -241^1 

 n=174 C/t=1 6 



-1 — — 1 r- 



5l 



TOTAL LENGTH (mm| 



• • 



27M 

 n=10 C/f-12 



-T T ' 1 



i?n 180 :'4n .wo 



Figure 1 1 



Length frequencies by 

 depth for Polydactylus 

 octonernus off Freeport, 

 Texas, in March-June 

 (A). July-August (B), 

 September-October (C), 

 and November-Decem- 

 ber (D). Data in each 

 panel were pooled over 

 the period October 

 1977-AugTJSt 1981. 



