Table 2?. — ^A comparison of the total number of gill rakers between samples of 



striped bass from the James River, Virginia with those from the Hudson 

 River, New York 



A Total No. Gill Rakers 



1954 Year Class 21 22 23 2k 25 26 2? 28 29 No. Nfean S(X - x)^ 



James R.- yg.-yr. 1 it 7 28 39 5 1 - - 85 2it.400 86.400 



Hudson R. - yg. - - 5 33 1^2 195 80 24 1 48o 25.808 486.367 

 t = 11.87** 



B Total No. Gill Rakers 



1953 Year Class 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 No. Mean S(X - x)^ 

 James R. - yr. 1 1 3 12 I8 14 1 - - 50 23.820 65.38O 

 Hudson R. - yg. - - 1 1 9 42 49 32 3 137 25-788 l40.86l 

 t = 11.28** 



Table 28. — An analysis of variance of the total number of gill rakers of yearling 

 striped bass from five year classes from the western end of l£ing 

 Island Sound 



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