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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
lichthys dentatus, is a profusely spotted one, having the typical ocellations of that 
species. (Fig. 90.) 
DISTRIBUTION OF YOUNG 
Very small fry, 3 millimeters and under in length, were taken only at sea. 
Somewhat larger fish up to 5 millimeters in length, although taken within the harbor 
near Beaufort Inlet a few times, certainly are much more numerous outside. Sizes 
ranging from 6 to 10 millimeters in length were taken both inside and outside, and 
judging from the number of specimens contained in the collections they seem to be 
about equally distributed over the entire area in which collections were made, extend- 
ing from 12 to 15 miles offshore through Beaufort Harbor and near-by portions of the 
adjacent sounds, and 6 to 7 miles into the estuaries of Newport and North Rivers. 
Figure 90 . — Paralichthys dentatus. From a specimen 77 millimeters long 
Fish exceeding a length of 10 to 12 millimeters are rarely taken with 1 -meter 
townets. Since much less collecting with apparatus designed to capture the larger 
young was done in outside than in inside waters, the comparative abundance of these 
fish in these areas is uncertain. However, the indications are that young fish ranging 
upward of 10 millimeters are more numerous inside, and especially in the estuaries, 
than off Beaufort Inlet. Furthermore, a migration toward brackish and fresh-water 
creeks and ditches of fish ranging upward of about 15 millimeters, is indicated by 
