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Table 19. — Variation in number of dorsal rays 
Puget Sound 
Southeastern Alaska: 
Craig 
Total for Craig 
Whale Bay 
Tebenkof Bay 
Point Gardner 
Stephens Passage. 
Total for southeastern Alaska. 
Yakutat. 
Prince William Sound: 
Elrington Passage. - 
Prince of Wales Passage. 
Procession Rocks 
Elrington Passage 
Do 
Total for Elrington Passage. 
Macleod Harbor. 
Total for Macleod Harbor., 
Snug Harbor.. 
Eshamy Bay. 
McClure Bay- 
Total for McClure Bay. 
Naked Island. 
Port Fidalgo.. 
Total for Prince William Sound. 
Dogfish Bay 
Kachemak Bay: 
Halibut Cove lagoon. .. 
Homer Spit lagoon 
McDonald Spit lagoon. 
Off McDonald Spit. 
Total for Kachemak Bay. 
Shuyak Strait. 
Total for Shuyak Strait. 
Old Harbor 
Unalaska. 
1927 
1925 
192S 
1928 
1928 
1925 
1925 
1925 
1928 
1927 
1925 
1925 
1925 
1925 
1925 
1928 
1926 
1927 
1927 
1925 
1928 
1925 
1926 
1926 
1926 
1926 
1926 
1927 
Number of rays 
Prob- 
able 
Standard 
Num- 
Mean 
deviation 
her 
of distri- 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
bution 
1 
34 
54 
3 
98 
18. 73 
0.043 
0.627 
3 
38 
52 
7 
100 
18. 63 
. 045 
.660 
2 
34 
44 
7 
1 
88 
18. 67 
. 055 
. 763 
25 
60 
13 
98 
18. 88 
.042 
.610 
3 
31 
52 
11 
97 
18. 73 
.048 
.696 
8 
128 
208 
38 
1 
383 
18. 73 
.023 
.673 
1 
1 
38 
54 
4 
1 
99 
18. 62 
. 049 
.723 
5 
28 
58 
9 
100 
18. 71 
. 047 
. 699 
1 
46 
52 
2 
101 
18. 55 
.037 
.556 
.... 
1 
9 
249 
562 
128 
6 
955 
18.86 
.015 
.670 
1 
1 
24 
489 
934 
181 
8 
1, 638 
18.79 
.011 
.676 
2 
12 
11 
25 
19. 36 
. 0S2 
.609 
10 
28 
7 
45 
18. 93 
.062 
. 613 
2 
12 
26 
5 
45 
18. 76 
. 070 
. 706 
3 
29 
50 
17 
1 
100 
18. 84 
. 052 
. 773 
13 
32 
5 
50 
18. 84 
. 055 
. 580 
i 
34 
30 
10 
75 
18. 65 
. 056 
.724 
6 
98 
166 
44 
1 
315 
18.80 
.027 
.706 
16 
43 
10 
69 
18. 91 
. 049 
.607 
1 
21 
22 
6 
50 
18. 66 
. 068 
. 710 
17 
37 
6 
60 
18. 82 
. 051 
. 590 
1 
15 
35 
8 
1 
60 
18. 88 
.061 
.703 
2 
69 
137 
30 
1 
239 
18. 83 
.029 
.659 
1 
12 
27 
10 
50 
18. 92 
. 067 
. 716 
9 
33 
74 
16 
125 
18. 83 
.039 
.654 
2 
19 
45 
8 
74 
18. 80 
. 052 
.657 
5 
17 
3 
25 
18. 92 
. 075 
.559 
2 
24 
62 
ii 
99 
18.83 
.043 
.636 
23 
43 
9 
75 
18.81 
. 049 
.628 
1 
.... 
2 
23 
41 
10 
— - 
77 
18. 73 
.063 
.815 
1 
.... 
15 
282 
550 
130 
2 
980 
18.81 
.015 
.686 
1 
15 
65 
16 
3 
100 
19. 05 
.046 
.684 
1 
12 
31 
6 
50 
18. 84 
. 061 
.644 
3 
34 
51 
12 
100 
18. 72 
.048 
.710 
2 
54 
54 
15 
125 
18. 66 
. 043 
.710 
1 
3 
36 
50 
15 
105 
18.71 
.051 
.779 
3 
37 
54 
6 
100 
18. 63 
.043 
.643 
6 
15 
3 
24 
18.87 
.077 
.599 
1 
12 
179 
255 
57 
504 
18. 70 
.021 
.702 
3 
25 
36 
11 
75 
18. 73 
. 059 
. 755 
3 
12 
27 
6 
2 
50 
18. 84 
. 082 
.860 
8 
17 
5 
30 
18. 90 
. 080 
. 650 
1 
24 
23 
2 
50 
18. 52 
. 058 
. 609 
7 
14 
1 
22 
18. 73 
.077 
.539 
7 
76 
117 
25 
2 
227 
18.72 
.032 
.718 


2 
41 
51 
15 
109 
18. 73 
.046 
.715 


2 
14 
21 
3 
40 
18. 62 
. 074 
. 696 
2 
10 
29 
3 
1 
45 
18. 80 
. 072 
. 718 
12 
25 
12 
49 
19. 00 
. 067 
. 700 
14 
26 
9 
49 
18. 90 
.065 
.677 
4 
50 
101 
27 
i 
183 
18. 84 
.035 
.710 
Total for Unalaska. 
