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Figure 7 
Size (standard length) and maturity information for 189 Citharichthys gymnorhinus 
captured off the east coast of the United States and nearby regions. (A) Males 
(n=131). (B) Females (n = 58). Number above each column equals the number of 
individuals examined in that size range. 
male of 53.7 mm SL, and they indicated a maximum 
size for C. gymnorhinus of less than 55 mm SL. Topp 
and Hoff (1972) did not provide a complete size break- 
down for all specimens they examined but did give size 
ranges for these specimens. Males (n- 25) ranged in size 
from 24.9 to 53.7 mm SL; females (n = 6) were 36.1-47.0 
mm SL. Cervigon (1996) reported that 55 mm SL was 
the maximum size observed for C. gymnorhinus taken 
off Venezuela. Fahay (2007) also considered C. gymno- 
rhinus to be a dwarf species that seldom exceeds 55 
mm SL in length. 
Other literature reporting sizes for C. gymnorhi- 
nus larger than the maximum size observed in our 
study and the studies listed immediately above based 
their maximum sizes on an estimated value of 60 mm 
SL following that listed in Gutherz and Blackman 
(1970). These reports include those of Munroe (2003), 
McEachran and Fechhelm (2005), Robins and Ray 
(1986), and also FishBase (Froese and Pauly, 2010), 
which report a maximum size for C. gymnorhinus of 75 
mm TL. This estimate of total length, corresponding to 
approximately 60 mm SL, is an overestimate of actual 
observations of maximum sizes recorded for the species 
from throughout its range. 
Size at maturity 
In other literature (where sizes of C. gymnorhinus are 
larger than the maximum size observed in our study 
and in the studies listed immediately above), maximum 
