Table 7. — Continued. 



10.6 

 11.7 

 11.9 

 11.9 

 12.4 

 12.8 

 12.8 

 12.8 

 13.5 

 13.6 

 13.9 

 14.0 

 14.9 

 15.4 

 15.4 

 15.7 

 15.9 

 16.4 

 16.5 

 17.2 

 17.4 

 17.4 

 17.7 

 17,7 

 18.5 

 19.0 

 19.2 

 19.2 

 20.7 

 20.7 

 21.0 

 22.9 



223.2 

 224,0 



224.0 

 224.6 

 227,9 

 230,6 

 ••33.1 

 "33.9 

 "35.2 

 '35.8 

 ■•38.2 

 ■'39.2 

 MOO 

 '41.0 

 '43.8 

 M5.3 

 '48.4 

 '52,5 

 '62 5 

 '670 

 '76.1 

 '89,4 

 '97,0 



'1009 



'111,6 



C) 



(') 

 (') 

 («) 

 (') 

 {') 

 (') 

 (') 



+ (') 



(') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (') 

 (") 



,6,9) 

 ,6 9) 

 ,6 9) 

 ,6 9) 

 ,6 9) 

 ,6 9, 



(') 

 (') 

 (') 



(') + 



+ + 



4- + 



(') 



(') 

 (') 



(') 



(') 



V) 



variability and protraction of parturition time. 

 Benthic juveniles were taken only in June and 

 October due to limited samples. 



Parturition times reported for S. melanops are 

 February to April (Hart 1973) and January off 

 Oregon (Westrheim 1975). Larvae 10-20 mm long 

 were taken April through May. Larvae and 

 pelagic juveniles 20-40 mm long were taken April 

 through June, indicating some variability in 

 spawning time and duration. Benthic juveniles 

 first appeared in June samples. 



Comparisons. — Prior to this paper, developmen- 

 tal series of 10 of the 69 northeast Pacific (includ- 

 ing Gulf of California) species of Sebastes had 

 been described: S. cortezi, S. crameri, S. Gulf 

 Type A, S. helvomaculatus , S.jordani, S. levis, S. 

 macdonaldi, S. melanostomus, S. paucispinis, 

 and S. pinniger (Moser 1967, 1972; Moser et al. 

 1977; Moser and Ahlstrom 1978; Richardson and 

 Laroche 1979). While exhibiting some 

 similarities to larval and juvenile S. flavidus and 

 S. melanops, the previously described develop- 



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