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(3) Southern type from San Pedro (20(i-inm. male! 





(4) Southern type from San Pedro (204-mm. female) 



Figure 5b. — Growth types of Pacific pilchard at 4-ring stage as shown in scale patterns. These scales show fainter year 

 marks common among smaller fish in southern catches, rarely caught in the north. The proportionately large first- 

 growth increment is common to both; (3) shows slow deceleration, (4) fast deceleration. 



