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TABLE 1 
Showing the brain weights according to various body lengths, together with the per- 
centage of water in the brain, of the gray snapper. Arranged according to in- 
creasing body length 
BODY 
WATER IN 
BRAIN WEIGHT BRAIN REMARKS 
Length Weight 
mm, grams grams per cent 
88 2) 0.122 78.85 Net 
137 43 0.234 78.63 Net 
155 59 0.284 79.33 Net 
PAG) 0.622 79.52 Net 
216 140 0.628 81.12 Dynamited 
217 0.483 78.34 Net 
225 0.670 79.05 Net 
227 173 0.627 80.43 Dynamited 
237 0.575 78.19 Net 
| PBS 197 0.660 79.91 Hook 
240 0.711 79.92 Net 
245 220 0.732 81.48 Dynamited 
249 218 0.723 80.69 Dynamited 
252 0.748 79.55 Net 
252 0.762 78.64 Net 
253 229 0.897 80.65 Dynamited 
256 0.748 77.01 Net 
258 0.828 79.47 Net 
259 0.844 78.32 Net 
262 0.833 78.75 Net 
262 0.882 77.85 Net 
263 0.864 77.29 2 | Net 
*263 269 0.803 80.08 Hook 
263 261 0.816 79.68 Hook 
268 0.859 79.74 Net 
269 0.781° 77.49 Net 
271 0.921 78.78 o | Net 
Qa 0.816 78.57 Net 
278 0.848 78.32 Net 
278 311 0.871 82.91 Hook 
285 0.985 79.17 9 | Net 
293 1.006 77.28 o | Net 
294 0.861 78.86 o& | Net 
295 0.925 77.56 o& | Dynamited 
296 0.900 78.07 Net 
298 0.982 78.49 o’ | Kept in live box 4 days 
300 0.907 79.21 & | Dynamited 
300 0.971 78.17 2 | Net 
301 0.952 77.10 & | Net 
