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general vicinity (off Beaufort Inlet) inhabited by the adults during the summer. 
It is quite certain, therefore, that at least the larger young occupy the same grounds 
with the adults. 
Both young and adults were taken only with an especially adapted otter trawl, 
which, of course, was hauled on the bottom. If the larvae of this species behave like 
those of the gray and the spotted trout, as would be expected, they may occur at the 
surface when very small, but soon descend to the bottom. 
GROWTH 
An insufficient number of young fish was caught to determine accurately from 
length measurements the rate of growth of the 0-class. Specimens that definitely 
belong to this year class were taken only during August, September, October, and 
November. In August 54 young, ranging in length from 9 to 88 millimeters, with 
an average length of 61.1 millimeters, were measured. In September only 15 speci- 
mens, 31 to 95 millimeters in length, averaging 57.2 millimeters, were measured. The 
smaller young obviously are missing in the collection for September, as the fish caught 
during October consisting of 179 specimens, contain fish ranging in length from 17 to 
80 millimeters, averaging only 46.5 millimeters in length. The larger young of the 
0-class obviously are missing in the collections made in October. In November, only, 
a sufficient number of specimens was taken and measured to give reliable information. 
The 486 specimens of the 0-class measured, range in length from 19 to 147 millimeters, 
and have an average length of 75.8 millimeters. 
Since this fish quite certainly is a smaller species than the other local species of 
this genus (as pointed out on p. 1 1 1) a slower rate of growth would be expected, and that 
is what the limited number of measurements appears to indicate. Instead of attaining 
a length of about 170 millimeters (6% inches) during the first 7 or 8 months of life, 
as in C. regalis, and probably in C. nebulosus, this species appears to reach a length of 
only about 75 millimeters (3 inches). The size at which sexual maturity is reached 
remains unknown. 
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