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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Table 20. — General condition of the sexual organs, of the external and internal eggs, etc. — Continued. 



No. 



Sex. 



Length. 



Date of 

 capture. 



Locality. 



Condition of sexual 

 organs. 



Condition of swim- 

 merets. 



Kemarks. 







Inches. 



1890. 











27 





11J 



July 9 









Soft shell. 









sand bot 

 torn. 









28 



do 



10§ 



do 



do .. 



Ovary straw color ; like 

 No." 26. 



Clean 



Has probably molted 

 this season. 















29 



...do 



iu 



..do 



do 



Ovary very light green . 



Old eggs, hatched 

 this year. 



Do. 













30 



do -. 



101 



do .. 



do . 



do 





Soft shell. Ha t c h e d 

















youngbeforemolting. 



31-32 



...do.... 



lOg, lOi 

 10" 



...do.... 



do 



do 



do 



Do. 



33 



...do-... 



...do 



do 







Shell hard. Hatched 

 young, but has not 

























yet molted. 



34 



..do . 



9i 



do 



. . do 



Ovary nearly ripe 



Ovary light green; im- 







35 



. . do ... . 



10J 



...do .... 



do 



Old eggs, just 



Do. 













mature. 



batched. 





36 



..do.... 



10£ 



..do.... 



do 



Ovary straw color; very 



Clean 



Fairly hard shell. An- 













immature. 





imal never sexually 

 mature. 



37 



.. do.... 



m 



. . .do 



do 



Ovary pea-green color. 



Old eggs, hatched 

 this year. 



Fairly hard shell. 



38 



. do 



log 



do 



do 



Ovary light green ; im- 

 mature. 





Soft shell ; probably 

 batched old eggs and 





























molted this season. 



39 



..do 



16 



July 22 



Gay Head, 

 rock bot- 



Ovary nearly ripe; ex- 

 tends to end of third 



do 



Hard shell . Ovary 

 flecked with yellow 



















tom. 



abdominal segment. 





spots, the remains of 

 degenerated eggs be- 

 longing to last sexual 

 period. 



40 



...do.... 



15 



...do 



do 



Ovary pea-green color. 



Gluey ; old eggs, 

 hatched this 

 year. 



Hard shell. Degener- 

 ated old eggs in ovary 

 and oviduct. 



41 



Male 



10J 



..do .... 



do 







Soft shell. Molted in 

















car June 22. 



42 



Female . 



4 T 3 g 



...do .... 



do 



Ovary very small; 



Smooth 



Hard shell. 













opaque white. 







43 



Male 



3| 



...do 



do 



Testes not found in 

 gross dissection. 









44 



do 



9J 



...do 









See drawing of repro- 

 ductive organs, fig. 































120, pi. 36. 



45 





7 IB 



...do 



do 



















white; extends to 

 middle of second ab- 

 dominal segment. 





Ovarian lobe, 3 mm. 

 in diameter. 



40 



. do .. 



±1 



...do .... 



do 



Ovary opaque white; 

 extends into third 

















lobe 0.8 mm. in diam- 













abdominal segment. 





eter. 



47 



do 



9^ 



...do 



do 



















extends to end of 

 third abdominal seg- 

 ment. 







48 



do 



5J 



...do 



do 



Ovary opaque white; 

 very immature; ex- 





























tends to end of third 

















abdominal segment. 







49 



do 



7ft 

 12§ 



...do 



...do 



do 







50 



...do.... 



July 29 



do 



Ovary light greenish 



External eggs; 



Hard shell. Degener- 













white, flecked with 



embryos with 



ated old eggs in ovary 













orange. 



eye pigment. 



and oviduct. 



51 



...do.... 



15£ 



. . .do 



do 



Ovary opaque whitish, 

 with many mature 

 unextruded eggs. 



External eggs in 

 late segmenta- 

 tion stage ; laid 

 about 3 days. 



Oviducts filled up to 

 external opening 

 with ripe, unex- 

 truded eggs. For 

 number of eggs see 

 table 14. 



52 



...do .... 



12 



...do .... 



do 



Ovary soft, jelly like; 

 opaque dirty-white 

 color, flecked with 

 yellow and orange. 



External eggs in 

 early segmenta- 

 tion; about 36 

 hours old. 



Hard shell. A few un- 

 extruded eggs, with 

 remains of degener- 

 ated ova of last sex- 

 ualperiod. Figs. 134, 

 136, pi. 38, and fig. 

 139, pi. 39. 



53 



do . 



HJ 



Aug. 11 



.. do ... 



Ovary light pea green, 

 flecked with yellow. 





Soft shell. Has proba- 

 bly hatched and 





























molted this year. 



54 



...do 



10j 7 B 



...do 



do 



Ovary very light pea 

 green. Ova very 



do 



Soft shell. Has proba 

 bly hatched external 

























small. 





eggs and molted. 



