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Fig. 22 0. Percentage length-frequency distribution of male Merluccius hubbsi in different regions, plotted as 5 cm. groups. 

 Thick line: northern region; pecked line: intermediate region; thin line: southern region. Note. The fish increase in size from 

 north to south. 



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 110 



Fig. Z2h. Percentage length-frequency distribution of female Merluccius hubbsi in different regions, plotted as 5 cm. groups, 

 lorth t^s'ouTh '' ''^'°"' ^ intermediate region; thin line: southern region. Note. The fish increase in size from 



These graphs also serve to show the great disparity in size between the sexes of trawl-caught M. hubbsi. 



