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Table 9. — Length frequencies of 1^,181+ croakers 
[Measurements to nearest millimeter, grouped in 5-millimeter groups] 
Total length 
Sep- 
tember 
Octo- 
ber 
Novem- 
ber 
Decem- 
ber 1 
Janu- 
ary i 
Febru- 
ary i 
March i 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
0-4.. 
23 
95 
36 
32 
3 
2 
10 
8 
5-9. 
11 
397 
404 
122 
39 
38 
24 
28 
2 
10-14. 
23 
278 
208 
343 
427 
244 
57 
22 
15-19. 
10 
10 
46 
432 
59 
1 
3 
20-24. 
42 
4 
4 
1 
25-29. 
13 
17 
2 
30-34. 
4 
1 
10 
1 
35-39 
4 
1 
9 
4 
40-44. 
1 
9 
23 
3 
i 
10 
1 
45 49. 
7 
32 
9 
5 
16 
50-54. 
1 
5 
20 
14 
22 
13 
1 
55-59 
4 
2 
13 
36 
10 
2 
60-64 
2 
6 
9 
21 
24 
4 
65-69 
1 
6 
8 
6 
7 
25 
3 
1 
70-74. 
2 
6 
3 
30 
20 
8 
75-79 
5 
9 
6 
30 
50 
10 
80-84. 
1 
1 
9 
9 
20 
89 
23 
85-89 
1 
2 
2 
3 
13 
139 
33 
90-94 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
12 
156 
77 
95-99 
1 
5 
4 
3 
4 
6 
134 
95 
100-104 
7 
2 
3 
22 
4 
7 
1 
9 
120 
190 
105-109 
7 
4 
7 
15 
12 
9 
3 
108 
161 
110-114.. 
11 
12 
6 
3 
16 
21 
13 
1 
3 
60 
176 
11.5-119._- 
23 
26 
10 
8 
14 
20 
8 
3 
6 
28 
140 
120-124 
40 
38 
13 
8 
21 
27 
28 
5 
i 
17 
89 
125-129.-- 
35 
52 
25 
11 
22 
31 
23 
1 
12 
52 
130-134 
64 
74 
39 
12 
39 
51 
46 
9 
2 
6 
60 
135-139 - 
75 
77 
48 
9 
67 
68 
74 
10 
2 
5 
41 
140-144 
56 
80 
46 
12 
71 
104 
112 
23 
3 
4 
19 
145-149 
26 
62 
72 
23 
57 
96 
149 
34 
5 
2 
19 
150-154 
9 
52 
56 
20 
76 
126 
221 
66 
6 
6 
12 
155-159 
7 
31 
63 
32 
52 
144 
253 
42 
9 
3 
4 
160-164 
7 
28 
50 
46 
52 
146 
296 
49 
16 
2 
165-169 
25 
35 
31 
44 
148 
297 
45 
21 
1 
7 
170-174 
2 
17 
38 
22 
53 
124 
246 
56 
19 
3 
8 
175-179 
1 
20 
30 
16 
42 
81 
209 
31 
15 
4 
7 
180-184.. 
17 
32 
13 
54 
76 
155 
33 
24 
3 
14 
185-189 
10 
29 
7 
43 
44 
115 
13 
11 
4 
19 
190-194 
1 
2 
18 
2 
36 
35 
94 
11 
13 
4 
10 
195-199 
4 
7 
19 
4 
19 
29 
68 
5 
16 
3 
18 
200-204 
3 
7 
25 
2 
15 
23 
45 
6 
2 
7 
4 
14 
205-209 
5 
20 
1 
9 
17 
43 
5 
1 
6 
210-214 
3 
7 
15 
1 
2 
15 
27 
4 
2 
1 
13 
215-219 
4 
14 
1 
16 
10 
2 
2 
7 
220-224 
2 
9 
10 
9 
9 
1 
4 
1 
2 
225-229 — 
1 
2 
4 
4 
6 
1 
2 
7 
230-234. 
2 
8 
6 
1 
2 
3 
3 
3 
1 
235-239 
2 
6 
4 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
2 
240-244 
2 
7 
2 
1 
3 
245-249 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
250-254 
2 
5 
2 
1 
1 
1 
255-259 
3 
1 
1 
260-264 
3 
1 
3 
1 
1 
265-269... 
1 
2 
1 
1 
270-274 
4 
1 
275-279 
1 
1 
280-284 
1 
1 
285-289 
1 
290-294 
1 
1 
1 
1 The apparent break in the frequency of the O class for the months of December, January, February, and March probably 
is due to the mode of collecting, for it was only during the last season of the 4-year investigation that a successful method was 
found for collecting fish too large to be caught in meter townets, yet too small to be taken with ordinary collecting seines and 
trawls. 
Table 10. — Monthly summaries of length measurements of 7,286 croakers during the first year, or so, 
of life 
Month 
Fish 
measured 
Smallest 
Largest 
Average 
Month 
Fish 
measured 
Smallest 
Largest 
Average 
September . 
34 
Millimeter 
2.0 
Millimeter 
9.0 
Millimeter 
4.2 
94 
28 
236 
961 
1, 210 
374 
Millimeter 
2.5 
8.0 
31.0 
43.0 
66.0 
80.0 
Millimeter 
15.0 
25.0 
118.0 
148.0 
159.0 
176.0 
194.0 
Millimeter 
11.7 
12.1 
72. 1 
95.8 
110.6 
132.7 
143.4 
October 
589 
2.0 
50.0 
8.2 
November 
720 
1.5 
66.0 
8.8 
December 
406 
2.5 
69.0 
13. 0 
July 
January 
570 
3.0 
80.0 
20.2 
February... 
983 
3.0 
89.0 
18 2 
September 
March 
451 
2.0 
84.0 
9.4 
October 
630 
98.0 
1 An insufficient number of specimens was secured to show the rate of growth, and the larger representatives of this year class 
obviously are missing. 
