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TABLE 2 



Weight-length constant 



a X 102 



Mustelus canis 



Brevoortia tyrannus 



Clupea sprattus 



Clupea harengus 



Anchovia brownii 



Anchovia mitchilli 



Peprilus alepidotus 



Cynoscion regalis 



Leiostomus xanthurus . . . . 

 Orthopristis chrysopterus 

 Pleuronectes platessa 



0.274 



0.912 



0.695 



0.631 



0.709 



0.618 



1.70 



0.877 



1.15 



1.30 



1.07 



In 1899 Hensen, at the suggestion of Reibisch ('99), and with 

 the latter's data, divided the weight of a series of plaice by the 

 cube of the length, in an attempt to get some weight-length 



20 



CO 



o 



J^ 8 



10 12 14 16 



LEn(^fH-Cri5. 



Figure 2 



