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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Comparison of weights and lengths of striped bass 
Number of fish weighed and 
measured 
Length 
Weight 
Number of fish weighed and 
measured 
Length 
Weight 
Inches 
Ounces 
Inches 
Pounds 
^Ounces 
1 
4 %, 
0.5 
2 
10 Vt, 
8.3 
1 
.6 
4 
11 
10.0 
1 
5 
. 7 
4 
li \4 
8.2 
1 
6 
1. 3 
1 
11 ft 
8.3 
1 
6l{ 
1.4 
2 
1214 
12.0 
1 
§y 2 
1 . 6 
3 
13 ' 
14.2 
2 
7 
1.8 
1 
15 
1 
7.0 
2 
114 
2.0 
1 
17 
1 
14.2 
5 
7 
2.5 
1 
17J / 2 
1 
16.2 
1 
7M 
2.8 
1 
18K 
2 
9.2 
8 
8 ‘ 
2.9 
1 
19 
2 
10.2 
2 
8> 4 
3.7 
1 . . 
19 y 2 
2 
14.1 
4 
8 y 
3.8 
1 _ . 
20 
4 
2 
9 ~ 
4.7 
1 
21 
3 
7.4 
4 
9tS 
5.2 
1 
2214 
4 
11.3 
2 
9% 
4.7 
2 
23 
4 
11.8 
3 
10 
6. 1 
1 . 
23 % 
4 
2 
lOJi 
7. 2 
1... . 
24 y 2 
5 
2.1 
i 
28 
8 
8.0 
Family LX.-EPINEPHEL1&E. The groupers 
Body oblong, more or less compressed; teeth in jaws usually depressible; canine teeth more or 
less distinct; maxillary with a supplemental bone; scales small, firm, commonly extending on top of 
head; dorsal rays about VIII to XIV, 12 to 20; anal III, 7 to 12; ventral fins inserted slightly 
behind base of pectorals. 
104. Genus MYCTEROPERCA Gill. Groupers 
Head broad and transversely concave between the eyes ; lateral crests of cranium strong, nearly 
parallel with the supraoccipital crest and extending farther forward, joining the supraoccipital 
crest above the eye; supraoccipital crest not extending on the frontals; lower jaw strongly project- 
ing; scales small, mostly cycloid; anal fin rather long, rarely with 9 or 10, usually with 11 or 12, 
soft rays; spines of fins slender, none of them much elevated; caudal fin lunate. 
135. Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean). Gag. 
Trisotropis microlepis Goode and Bean, Proc., U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, p. 141; west coast of Florida. 
Mycteroperca microlepis Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 1177, PI. CLXXXVIII, fig. 494; Evermann and Hildebrand, 
1910, p. 161. 
Head 2.6; depth 3.5; D. XI, 16 to 19; A. Ill, 11; scales 140 to 145. Body elongate, com- 
pressed; head pointed; mouth large; maxillary reaching beyond eye; teeth in narrow bands, two 
canines in front in each jaw, the lower ones smaller; dorsal spines slender, the third and fourth 
spines longest; caudal fin with concave margin, pectoral fins reaching beyond ventrals, 2 in head. 
Color variable; usually brownish gray above, paler below, with faint traces of darker spots; 
black mustache; dorsal dark green, edge of soft dorsal black; caudal black with blue shades, edge 
white; anal indigo blue with white edge; ventrals black, first ray white-tipped; pectorals green. 
No specimens of this species were taken. The foregoing description was compiled from pub- 
lished accounts. 
The gag is a common food fish in Florida. A maximum weight of 50 pounds has been reported, 
but market fish seldom exceed 10 pounds. It is known from Chesapeake Bay only from a single 
small specimen 140 millimeters (5H inches) in length. (Evermann and Hildebrand, 1910, p. 161.) 
Habitat. — Both coasts of Florida, northward to Chesapeake Bay. 
Chesapeake localities. — (a) Previous record: Old Point Comfort, Va. (b) Specimens in col- 
lection: None. 
