296 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing size, sex, and spawning condition of blue catfish examined at Melville, La., 



May 2 and 3, 1897. 



Length. 



16 inches 



15 inches 



20 inches 



15inches 



17 inches 



18J inches... 



15 inches 



23 inches 



21 inches 



22£ inches... 



15 inches 



20 J inches... 

 19lnches.... 

 17£ inches... 



17 inches 



18 inches 



15 inches 



15 inches 



18 inches.... 



16 inches 



16J inches. .. 



17 inches 



15inches 



20 inches 



26 inches 



19 \ inches. .. 



31 inches 



21£ inches... 



22 inches 



30 inches 



18 inches 



17 inches 



18£ inches... 



17 inches 



26 inches 



19 inches 



21 inches 



30 inches 



22 inches... 



19 inches 



22 inches 



17 inches 



16 inches 



23 inches 



18 inches 



15J : inches. .. 



17 inches 



25 inches 



18 inches 



21 inches 



22 inches 



16 inches 



"Weight, 

 pounds. 



2.25 



1.75 



5.25 



1.75 



3 



3.50 



2.50 



7 



6.50 



6.50 



2 



5 



2.75 



2.75 



3.50 



2 



2 



3.50 



2.25 



2.25 



2.75 



2 



5 



Sex. 



Male... 

 Male... 

 Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 

 Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 

 Male. .. 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male. .. 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 



Male... 

 Female 

 Male... 

 Male... 

 Male... 

 Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 



(?) 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male... 



Spawning 

 condition. 



(?) 



(?) 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 

 Do. 



(?) 

 Spent. 

 Ripe. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Partly de- 

 veloped. 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 (?) 



Length. 



19 inches.. 

 15£ inches. 

 14| inches. 

 16$ inches 

 16| inches. 



16 inches.. 

 23 inches. . 

 15 inches.. 

 18 inches. . 

 15 inches.. 

 15 inches. . 



18 inches. . 



17 inches.. 



19 inches. . 



15 inches.. 



16 inches.. 



17 inches. . 

 14J inches. 

 25 inches.. 

 13£ inches. 



17 inches. - 



15 inches. . 

 13£ inches. 

 14J! inches. 

 14| inches 

 13 inches- . 

 15£ inches 

 13J inches. 



13 inches. . 

 16J inches. 



14 inches. . 

 15J inches. 

 16| inches. 



18 inches.. 

 21J inches. 



19 inches. . 



19 inches. . 

 13| inches. 

 14| inches. 

 16lnches.. 

 \b\ inches. 

 14J inches. 

 14 inches. . 

 18 inches.. 



20 inches.. 

 17^ inches. 

 18 inches. . 



16 inches. . 

 18 inches.. 



18 inches.. 

 23^ ; inches. 



19 inches. . 

 18 J inches. 



Weight, 

 pounds. 



Sex. 



Male 



Male 



Male 



Female . 

 Female . 



Male 



Male 



Female . . . 



Male 



Male 



Female . . . 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female ... 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Male 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female ... 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Female ... 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Male 



Male 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Female . . . 



Male 



Female . . . 



Male 



Female . .. 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Male 



Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 

 Female . . . 



Spawning 

 condition. 



(?) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 (?) 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 (?) 

 Ripe. 



(?) 



Spent. 



Do. 



(?) 



(?) 



(?) 



(•') 



Not ripe. 



Do. 



Do. 



(?) 



Spent. 



Do. 



Do. 



Not ripe. 



Spent. 

 (?) 

 Spent. 

 Not ripe. 

 Spent, 



Do. 

 Ripe. 



(?) 

 Spent. 



Do. 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 



Do. 



Table showing size, sex, and condition of goujon examined at Morgan City, La., April 



22-24, 1897. 



Length. 



23 inches. 



24 inches. 

 30 inches. 

 38 inches. 

 28 inches. 

 26 inches. 



24 inches.. 

 37 inches.. 

 27J inches. 



25 inches.. 



"Weight, 

 pounds. 



Sex. 



Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female . 



Male... 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female 



Spawning 

 condition. 



Ripe. 

 Spent. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Half devel- 

 oped. 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 



Do. 



Do. 



Length. 



29 inches. . 

 22J inches. 

 25 inches.. 

 15 inches.. 

 28 inches.. 

 36 inches. . 

 28 inches.. 

 34 inches.. 

 34 inches.. 

 18 inches.. 



Weight, 

 pounds 



Sex. 



Female 

 Female 

 Female 

 Male . . 

 Female 

 Female 

 Female . 

 Female . 

 Female 

 Femaie , 



Spawning 

 condition. 



Spent. 

 Ripe. 



Do. 

 Immature. 

 Spent. 

 Ripe. 



Do. 

 Spent. 

 Ripe. 

 Spent. 



