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to do so. At this time some of the largest individuals caught in 

 the Pass this season were secured, although none were as large 

 as some which were dredged in the gulf near the Pass last No- 

 vember (November 24, 1906). In none of these larger specimens 

 was there any signs of an increase in the size of the gonads. In 

 the accompanying table is given a record of the sizes taken on 

 different dates. While this represents the examination of a 

 rather small series, still in a measure it indicates the size of the 

 individuals at the different seasons of the year. Probably the 

 most significant feature about this series is that young individ- 

 uals (i. e., less than three inches in length) were found at prac- 

 tically all seasons of the year, in so far as the record has been 

 kept. 



