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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Anchovy (Stolephorus mitchelli) . — From July 6 to the last of August 

 1908, small anchovies continually entered the cars through the fine 

 screens. In many instances hundreds of them, from 2 to 20 milli- 

 meters long, were found in these cars. In August, several cars were 

 fitted out with coarse screens, one-fourth inch mesh, and several 

 thousands of anchovies entered one of the cars in a single night. 

 Within the cars they lived and grew. Great numbers of ver}^ small 

 specimens between 2 and 10 millimeters in length were taken in 

 July. Mr. Tracy points out a fact of particular significance, namely, 



