Table 44 . — Compaxisons of the total number of gill rakers of striped bass from 

 the Miramichl River, New Brunswick with those from the Santee-Cooper 

 River System, upper Chesapeake Bay and York -Rappahannock populations 



1953 Year Class 



Totea No. Gill Rakers 



22 23 2k 25 No. 



Mean 



S(X -~x) 



^^2 



B 



1955 Year Class 



Total No. Gill Rakers 

 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 



No. 



Mean 



S(X - x) 



^\2 



Upper Chesapeake 

 Bay - yg. 



Miramichi R. - yr. 



t = 6.27** 



1 7 78 293 287 75 5 

 - 1 26 17 10 1 



746 24.478 

 55 23.709 



576.157 

 39.346 



1955 Year Class 



Total No. Gill Rakers 

 22 23 24 25 26 



York -Rappahannock - yg. 

 Miramichi - yr. 

 t = 1.90 N.S. 



9 20 36 30 5 

 1 26 17 10 1 



No. 



Mean S(X - Ic) 



^^2 



100 24.020 105.960 

 55 23.709 39.346 



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