Table 8. --Frequency of number of spines and soft rays in the dorsal and anal fins 



of young striped bass of the 1953 year class taken in August and September, 

 1953 in the Hudson River, New York 



Coxsackie 64 



Haverstraw 70 



X =6 .65, significant at the 1 percent level 



27 

 15 



36 



55 



10.55 

 10.79 



17.859 

 11.786 



Table 9. -Frequency of number of spines in the first dorsal fin of young striped bass 

 of the 1955 year class from the tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. 

 /East shore tributaries are indicated by an 

 asterisk./ 



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