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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
147 millimeters. It seems reasonable to conclude from the range in size of specimens 
taken during four summer and fall months, when the rate of growth no doubt is rapid, 
that spawning very probably begins in May or June (for specimens 80 to 88 mil- 
limeters long, such as were taken on Aug. 14, 1930, quite probably are 2 to 3 months 
old), and that it extends at least through August (as 30 specimens 17 to 25 milli- 
meters long, were taken on Oct. 30, 1929). 
It probably may be assumed that spawning takes place at sea at Beaufort in the 
general vicinity inhabited by the adults. At least, that is where all the young in 
the collection, exclusive of one small collection consisting of 4 specimens 9.5 to 12 
millimeters long, were taken. It is thought that the 4 specimens of young, too, 
were hatched at sea, but that they had drifted in part with the tides and probably 
in part had swum to the place of capture, namely, near the mouth of Core Creek in 
Newport River. The presence of these four fish in the inside waters is interesting, 
not only because no other young were taken there, but because no adults were caught 
in the inside waters. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE YOUNG 
Specimens 9.5 to 11.0 millimeters long . — The body is rather deep and com- 
pressed, the depth being contained 3.0 to 3.25 in the standard length. The head 
particularly is short and deep, being contained 2.85 to 3.0 times in the length. The 
snout, too, is rather short and blunt, and is about as long as the eye, 3.7 to 4.4 times 
in the head. The mouth is large, quite strongly oblique; the gape anteriorly is 
scarcely above the lower margin of the eye; the lower jaw projects only slightly; 
and the maxillary reaches nearly opposite the posterior margin of the eye, 1.65 to 
1.85 in the head. The fins are all developed and a definite enumeration of the rays 
is obtainable. The anal consistently has 9 articulated rays in the 4 specimens of 
this size at hand (although in larger specimens only 8 rays sometimes are present), 
and the dorsal fin has 28 or 29 rays. The caudal fin is frayed in the specimens at 
hand, and its exact shape cannot be determined. However, it evidently is quite 
long and pointed. The ventral fins are small, scarcely as long as the eye. Pre- 
served specimens are very plain in color. A few dusky markings are evident along 
the ventral outline of the caudal peduncle, and an elongate dusky spot is present 
at the base of the anterior rays of the anal and similar spots at the end of that fin. 
A dusky spot is situated just in advance of the spinous dorsal, another one is under 
the base of the spinous dorsal, a third one is situated under the anterior rays of the 
soft dorsal, and a fourth one is near the end of the base of this fin. The jaws ante- 
riorly are slightly dusky (fig. 42). 
This species is closely related to C. regalis from which it is distinguished, at the 
size described, chiefly by the shorter anal fin, which has 9 (sometimes 8) rays, where- 
