110 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 4. — Length frequencies of 8,382 gray trout ( Cynoscion regalis) under 380 millimeters in 
length — Continued 
Millimeters 
May 
June 
July 
August 
Septem- 
ber 
October 
Novem- 
ber 
Decem- 
ber 
Janu- 
ary 
Febru- 
ary 
March 
April 
125-129 
1 
1 
5 
37 
33 
17 
8 
8 
1 
7 
2 
29 
130-134 
3 
4 
25 
42 
19 
13 
12 
4 
11 
1 
32 
135-139 
3 
4 
1 
16 
30 
22 
25 
13 
9 
11 
2 
32 
140-144 
3 
14 
2 
25 
33 
62 
34 
13 
25 
25 
2 
60 
145-149 
2 
21 
29 
28 
102 
63 
11 
38 
26 
9 
76 
150-154 
7 
41 
3 
21 
24 
139 
76 
30 
60 
32 
27 
125 
155-159 
5 
23 
5 
20 
22 
121 
87 
26 
68 
26 
19 
181 
160-164 
4 
47 
23 
34 
18 
109 
75 
41 
75 
40 
33 
228 
165-169 
9 
40 
18 
26 
21 
66 
76 
38 
57 
21 
30 
184 
170-174 
14 
55 
18 
18 
20 
42 
73 
56 
42 
26 
32 
147 
175-179 
9 
46 
12 
6 
11 
21 
33 
43 
28 
27 
25 
no 
180-184 
7 
43 
8 
5 
23 
27 
23 
40 
18 
16 
26 
82 
185-189 
4 
42 
12 
3 
14 
15 
23 
28 
26 
12 
17 
40 
190-194 
4 
47 
19 
5 
14 
16 
20 
28 
11 
3 
19 
32 
195-199 
4 
53 
14 
4 
6 
6 
10 
10 
7 
6 
9 
11 
200-204 
5 
41 
21 
3 
4 
6 
3 
20 
4 
3 
8 
14 
205-209 --- 
2 
25 
25 
14 
3 
6 
5 
10 
3 
3 
210-214 _ 
4 
19 
23 
9 
3 
2 
2 
4 
4 
10 
215-219 . 
1 
17 
25 
6 
6 
4 
2 
5 
1 
7 
220-224 
2 
13 
17 
6 
8 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
3 
225-229 _ . _ _ __ 
5 
17 
7 
13 
1 
1 
2 
230-234 _ 
4 
7 
3 
10 
5 
1 
1 
1 
235-239 . 
5 
4 
10 
2 
1 
240-244 _ - __ 
3 
2 
9 
10 
2 
1 
5 
245-249 - 
1 
1 
9 
7 
3 
1 
2 
250-254 . . 
3 
1 
9 
-7 
5 
1 
1 
2 
255-259 _ - 
2 
9 
6 
1 
2 
260-264 . . 
2 
10 
6 
3 
1 
1 
265-269 
1 
2 
4 
2 
270-274 
1 
4 
6 
3 
1 
275-279 _ - - 
2 
4 
1 
4 
1 
1 
280-284 _ _ 
10 
5 
2 
3 
1 
285-289 - - - 
1 
290-294 . _ . 
10 
2 
2 
1 
295-299 
4 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
300-304 _ 
16 
6 
1 
305-309 _ 
1 
9 
310-314 . _ 
12 
1 
315-319 - 
12 
9 
2 
2 
320-324 . 
15 
1 
325-329 . - 
3 
1 
1 
330-334 
13 
1 
335-339 
5 
340-344 
12 
3 
345 349 
2 
350-354 
7 
3 
355-359 - 
1 
2 
360-364 
13 
1 
365-369 --- --- 
5 
3 
370-374 _ 
16 
.175 379 
3 
Table 5. — Monthly summaries of length measurements of 7,883 gray trout ( Cynoscion regalis) during 
the first 12 to 14 months of life ( based on table 3) 
Month 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September. 
October. .. 
November. 
December. 
Fish 
measured 
Smallest 
Largest 
Average 
Month 
Fish 
measured 
Smallest 
Largest 
8 
6.5 
9 
8. 1 
January 
486 
78 
204 
52 
2.3 
40 
11.5 
February. 
311 
106 
220 
873 
4.4 
143 
50.4 
March 
281 
94 
229 
820 
1.7 
185 
105.4 
April 
1,455 
87 
238 
548 
10.5 
209 
140.3 
May 
90 
125 
222 
914 
46 
220 
150.4 
June 
615 
97 
253 
685 
48 
231 
164. 1 
July 
281 
150 
265 
464 
85 
233 
168.8 
Average 
161.5 
152.5 
165.5 
167.2 
174.6 
175.8 
197.9 
CYNOSCION NOTHUS (Holbrook) BASTARD TROUT 
The bastard trout ranges from Chesapeake Bay to the southwestern coast of 
Texas. Although it was described (from South Carolina) as early as 1860, its exact 
status as a species was not well understood until recently. For a time its validity 
was doubted by some writers (Coles, 1916, p. 30, and Welsh and Breder, 1923, p. 169), 
probably because plain colored C. regalis were thought to be G. nothus. However, 
