Table 14. - Frequency of number of soft rays in the second dorsal and anal fins of 



young striped bass taken on July 23 and 24, 1954 in the James River, Virginia. 



Locality 



No. of specimens 



Second dorsal soft rays 



9 10 11 12 13 Mean S(x-x)^ 



6.47, N.S. 



No. of specimens 



Anal soft rays 

 8 9 10 11 



Mean 



S(x-x) 2 



Table 15 . - -Frequency of number of soft rays in the second dorsal fin of young striped 

 bass of the 1954 year class taken in the Hudson River, New York 



Second dorsal soft rays 

 No . of specimens 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mean S(x-x) 2 



Locality 



Coxsackie 



Middleground Is . 



Alsen 



Staatsburg 



Newburgh 



Beacon 



Peek skill 



Grassy Pt. 



Haverstraw 



Harmon 



Croton Pt . 



Nyack 



Piermont 



Palisades 



125 

 20 

 56 

 76 

 93 

 95 



100 

 96 



236 



213 

 93 



134 

 53 

 96 



X = 38.22, significant at the 1 percent level 



104 



