66 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Table 20. 
No. Sex. 
27 Female 
28 ...do... 
29 ...do... 
30 ...do... 
31-32 ...do... 
33 ...do... 
34 ...do... 
35 . . . do 
36 . .do . . . 
37 .. do... 
38 ...do... 
39 ..do... 
41 i Male. . . 
42 | Female 
43 Male... 
44 ...do ... 
45 | Female 
46 . . .do . . . 
47 _ . .do . . . 
48 ...do... 
49 . . .do . .. 
50 ... do 
51 . . . do 
52 ... do . . . 
53 ...do... 
54 . . .do . . . 
General condition of the sexual organs, of the external and internal eggs, etc. — Continued. 
Length. 
Date of 
capture. 
Inches. 
1890. 
114 
July 9 
10i 
... do 
lli 
- . .do 
101- 
... do 
log, 10* 
. . .do 
10 
... do 
9* 
...do .... 
101 
. ..do 
10i 
. ..do 
11* 
. . .do 
log- 
. . do 
16 
July 22 
15 
. . .do 
10i 
..do .... 
4ft 
...do .... 
3| 
... do 
9| 
... do 
7ft 
. . do 
. . .do 
. . .do 
5| 
... do 
7| 
...do .... 
12S 
July 29 
I5i 
. . .do 
12 
. . .do 
iii 
Aug. 11 
... do 
Locality. 
Condition of sexual 
organs. 
Condition of swim- 
merets. 
Menemsha, 
sand bot 
tom. 
Ovary nearlymature. . . 
Ovary straw color ; like 
No. 26. 
Ovary very light green . 
do 
Old eggs, hatched 
do 
this year. 
do 
....do 
Ovary light green ; im- 
Old eggs, just 
mature. 
hatched . 
Ovary straw color ; very 
immature. 
Ovary pea-green color. 
do 
Old eggs, hatched 
Ovary light green ; im- 
mature. 
Ovary nearly ripe ; ex- 
tends to end of third 
this year. 
Gay Head, 
do 
rock bot- 
tom. 
abdominal segment. 
do 
Ovary pea-green color. 
Gluey ; old eggs, 
hatched this 
year. 
Ovary v e r y small; 
opaque white. 
do 
gross dissection. 
.do 
do 
do . 
.do . 
do 
do 
.do 
.do . 
.do 
.do 
Ovary light yellowish 
white ; extends to 
middle of second ab- 
dominal segment. 
Ovary opaque white ; 
extends into third 
abdominal segment. 
Ovary light flesh color ; 
extends to end of 
third abdominal seg- 
ment. 
Ovary opaque white; 
very immature; ex- 
tends to end of third 
abdominal segment. 
do 
Ovary light greenish 
white, flecked with 
orange. 
Ovary opaque whitish, 
with many mature 
unextruded eggs. 
Ovary soft, jelly-like; 
opaque dirty-white 
color, flecked with 
yellow and orange. 
Ovary light pea green, 
flecked with yellow. 
Ovary very light pea 
green. Ova very 
External eggs; 
embryos with 
eye pigment. 
External eggs in 
late segmenta- 
tion stage ; laid 
about 3 "days. 
External eggs in 
early segmenta- 
tion; about 36 
hours old. 
Smooth . 
do 
Remarks. 
Soft shell. 
Has probably molted | 
this season. 
Do. 
Soft shell. Hatched 
youngheforemolting. 
Do. 
Shell hard. Hatched 
young, but has not 
yet molted. 
Hard shell. 
Do. 
Fairly hard shell. An- 
imal never sexually 
mature. 
Fairly hard shell. 
Soft shell ; probably 
hatched old eggs and 
molted this season. 
Hard shell. Ovary 
flecked with yellow 
spots, the remains of 
degenerated eggs be- 
longing to last sexual 
period. 
Hard shell. Degener- 
ated old eggs in ovary 
and oviduct. 
Soft shell. Molted in 
car J nne 22. 
Hard shell. 
See drawing of repro- 
ductive organs, fig. 
121), pi. 36. 
Hard shell; immature. 
Ovarian lobe, 3 mm. 
in diameter. 
Hard shell. Ovarian 
lobe 0.8 mm. in diam- 
eter. 
Hard shell. 
Hard shell. Degener- 
ated old eggs in ovary 
and oviduct. 
Oviducts filled up to 
external opening 
with ripe, un ex- 
truded eggs. For 
number of eggs see 
table 14. 
Hard shell. A few un- 
extruded eggs, with 
remains of degener- 
ated ova of last sex- 
ualperiod. Figs. 134, 
136, pi. 38, and fig. 
139, pi. 39. 
Soft shell. Has proba- 
bly hatched and 
molted this year. 
Soft shell. Has proba 
bly hatched external 
eggs and molted. 
