DeVRIES and CHITTENDEN: SPAWNING TO MORTALITY OF SILVER SEATROUT 

 30- 



> 

 O 



z 



LU 



3 



o 



LU 



cc 



LL 



7 m (D); n=1348 

 10 collections 



70 90 110 130 



STANDARD LENGTH (mm) 



190 



30 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 



TOTAL LENGTH (mm) 



190 



210 230 



Figure 12.— Pooled length frequencies (moving averages of three) of C. nothus collected by day (D) and 



night (N) off Port Aransas, Tex., at each depth. 



a similar seasonal growth pattern for C. nebu- 

 losus from Texas, but he did not calculate 

 monthly increments. Estimates of monthly 

 growth for C. regalis at age are about 30-55 mm 



TL during the summer (24-45 mm SL) and about 

 10 mm TL-in October (Welsh and Breder 1923; 

 Hildebrand and Cable 1934; Pearson 1941). 

 Scales can be used to age C. nothus, but age de- 



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