of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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TABLE VII. — Showing the relative Weights of the Male and Female 
Reproductive Organs in Various Species of Sea Fishes. 
Fish, 
Date. 
Length. 
0rl*OSS 
Air..; 4- 
VV eight. 
Weight 
of 
Ovaries. 
Weight 
of 
Testes. 
Condition. 
inches. 
lbs. oz. 
grammes 
... 
grammes 
Gurnard, , 
June 7 
134 
0 Hi 
15 
Nearly ripe. 
„ 7 
12{ 
0 9.J 
5 
II II 
„ 7 
13 
0 8| 
5 
,, 11 
13£ 
0 134 
48 '2 
Ripe. 
Cod, 
Mar. 15 
39 
24 8 
846* 
> > 
„ 15 
m 
3 9h 
53 
Nearly ripe. 
„ 15 
29 
11 7 
10-5 
Scarcely half ripe 
„ 19 
30^ 
8 8 
276'0 
Nearly ripe. 
„ 15 
38 
23 8 
813-0 
it >i 
„ 13 
38 
25 8 
2124" 
Fully half ripe. 
Haddock, 
Jan. 25 
19 
2 6 
31 *8 
,, 25 
21* 
3 10 
32-3 
Nearly ripe. 
„ 25 
21* 
3 2 
27'8 
Mar. 16 
13| 
0 13 
4-7 
Ripe. 
„ 16 
154 
1 5 
10-0 
Nearly ripe. 
„ 16 
14 
0 14 
7-5 
8 
27 
6 8 
356 " 
Ripe. 
Long Rough Dab, 
Mar. 15 
n 
0 2 
s-i 
Nearly ripe, 
II II 
„ 15 
8 
0 2$ 
4-8 
„ 15 
«i 
0 1 
0-3 
II ) ) 
Ripe. 
„ 12 
8| 
0 3*1 
14" 
Plaice, 
Jan. 
21 
3 84 
29 "5 
Nearly ripe. 
16| 
1 12 
14-2 
15 
1 * 6 
12'3 
1' '» 
23| 
5 11 
503*' 
ii 11 
Lemon Sole, 
Mar. 21 
m 
0 12 
2-2 
May 29 
15 
2 8 
126'9 
Witch, 
Mar. 18 
16 
i i 
4*4 
„ 18 
m 
1 8 
5 '2 
May 22 
19 
2 0 
151*2 
Common Dab, 
Mar. 16 
8 
0 2-| 
0*8 
„ 16 
n 
0 2 
... 
0-7 
11 ii 
Ripe. 
n 
,, 16 
7 
0 2 
0-6 
May 12 
8* 
o H 
8*8 
Flounder, . 
Mar-. 15 
111 
o H 
4 : 7 
14| 
i H 
187 ; 4 
1 1 
Lump-sucker, 
Feb. 18 
m 
2 H 
5 6 '-6 
1 1 
„ 18 
12 
2 6 
70-8 
Nearly ripe. 
15 Ii 
„ 18 
84 
0 12| 
23-9 
, 13 
12 
2 94 
60-0 
II 15 
„ 19 
17 
7 8 
878" 
Ripe. 
Lesser Sand-eel, , 
June 
* 7 
292 grs. 
*3 -2 
Nearly ripe. 
> j 
+ 6'8 
229 ,, 
2 ; 8 
>i >i 
Herring, 
Feb. 
*ll-2 
2701 „ 
35*6 
Ripe. 
» » 
ni-2 
2767 ,, 
35*0 
11 
Of 
* Average of 10 specimens, 
t Average of 14 specimens. 
t Average of 16 specimens. 
