Appendix Table <4. — Vertebral numbers of juvenile menhaden in samples from 



different localities, 1959 



Locality and date 



Number of fish with counts of - 



-W -45 A6 



Kl 



48 49 



Total 



Mean 



Sample Locality- 



Weir Creek, Mass. 



Sept. 30 



Sept. 30 



Locality total. 



Childs Creek, Mass. 

 Oct. 1 



Herring Creek, N. 

 Aug. 23 



Indian River, Del. 



July 23 



July 27 



July 29 



Locality total. 



White Creek, Del. : 



May 21 



June 22 



Sept. U 



Locality total. 



Ball Creek, Va. : 



Aug. 1 



Aug. 1 



Aug. 1 



Locality total. 



Indian Creek, Va. : 



Aug . 14 



Aug . 14 



Aug. 14 



Locality total. 



Broad Creek, N.C. : 



Sept. 8 



Sept. 8 



Sept. 8 



Locality total. 

 Grand totai. . . . 



24 

 25 



65 

 39 



49 



34 



18 



12 

 17 

 13 



104 



56 



69 



74 

 71 

 74 



42 



7 



12 



5 



219 



81 

 75 

 38 



24 



11 

 14 

 13 



194 



78 

 78 

 71 



38 



16 

 12 

 10 



227 



73 

 76 

 81 



38 



230 



77 

 76 

 83 



24 

 267 



236 



1,335 



13 



13 

 11 

 13 



37 



7 



12 



7 



26 



10 



8 



16 



34 



11 



12 



9 



32 



13 

 14 

 10 



37 



184 



92 



65 



157 



94 



100 



99 



100 

 100 



299 



95 

 99 

 50 



244 



99 



100 

 100 



299 



100 

 100 

 100 



300 



99 



100 

 100 



299 



1,792 



46.71 

 46.58 



46.68 



46.95 



47.01 

 46.96 

 47.00 



47.00 

 47.00 

 47.04 



46.99 

 46.94 

 47.03 



46.95 

 47.00 

 46.99 



47.04 

 47.01 

 47.03 



46.58 



46.68 



46.95 



46.99 



47.01 



46.99 



46.98 



47.03 



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