594 
Fishery Bulletin 99(4) 
Table 4 
Male California halibut total length versus age (mostly whole otoliths, 
some 
sectioned) 
in central California. 
TL (mm) 
Age (yr) 
1 2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 Mean age 
201-225 
0.0 
226-250 
0.0 
251-275 
0.0 
276-300 
4 
1 
2.2 
301-325 
4 
3 
2.4 
326-350 
5 
4 
2.4 
351-375 
9 
3.0 
376-400 
2 
15 
8 
3.2 
401-425 
9 
1 
1 
3.3 
426-450 
2 
7 
2 
4.0 
451-500 
3 
6 
2 
4 
1 
1 
4.8 
501-525 
2 
1 
5 
1 
3 
6.2 
526-550 
1 
1 
7 
1 
1 
6.0 
551-575 
1 
2 
4 
1 
6.6 
576-600 
1 
0 
0 
2 
7.0 
601-625 
1 
1 
1 
8.0 
626-650 
1 
2 
2 
1 
7.5 
651-675 
1 
0 
0 
2 
6.0 
676-700 
1 
0 
1 
1 
7.7 
701-725 
1 
8.0 
726-750 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
9.0 
776-800 
1 
10.0 
Mean length 
000 326 
385 
448 
493 
539 
596 
582 
649 
781 
737 
000 
Median length of distribution: 437 
mm TL 
Figure 4 
Length frequencies for male and female California halibut sampled off southern California 
(So. CA) and central California (Central CA). 
