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Frontispiece, --Immature and mature ovaries from 99 and 114 pound bigeye tunas, 
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10. 
Frequency distribution of egg diameters from the ripest ovary from the 
Centralvequatorial Pacific) (nO. Sil) cleleleleieieleferelelst clete/oielelololelelerelelalelstelaletotats 
Egg diameter frequencies from ripest ovaries of Hawaiian and western 
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Method of determining position of Mode, ...ccccccccecccvesccvescccecece 
Relation of modal diameter to relative ovary weight. ...ccccccccccccecces 
Plot of fish weight against relative ovary weight, ....ccccrcceccccecccercs 
Locations ef capture of bigeye in late maturing and mature stages. ....... 
Plot of numbers of bigeye at various stages of maturity against time. ..... 
Monthly frequency of relative ovary weights for bigeye collected in Hawaiian 
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Plot of mean modal diameter against time for bigeye of Hawaiian waters. .. 
Relation of number of eggs spawned to fish Size. ..cccecccccccccscccccves 
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