. California fish and game . entirely covered bythe flesh. The remarkable changein the proportions of the pectoraland ventral fins is also the young the pectorals areabout .23 of the body length andthe ventrals are .40, while in theadult the pectorals are about .15and the ventrals .12. That the young of the jewfish orblack sea-bass should be spotted orlnightly marked is not surprisingMhen we remember other closelyrelated Serranoids which are bril-liantly marked, such as our kelpbass, the striped bass, or thegroupers of Florida and the WestIndies, and it is indeed strange thatthe,v h
. California fish and game . entirely covered bythe flesh. The remarkable changein the proportions of the pectoraland ventral fins is also the young the pectorals areabout .23 of the body length andthe ventrals are .40, while in theadult the pectorals are about .15and the ventrals .12. That the young of the jewfish orblack sea-bass should be spotted orlnightly marked is not surprisingMhen we remember other closelyrelated Serranoids which are bril-liantly marked, such as our kelpbass, the striped bass, or thegroupers of Florida and the WestIndies, and it is indeed strange thatthe,v have not been recognized be-fore. But the bright color and thedifferent form of the body combinedwith the apparent inaccessibility,since they never appear in the mar-kets, have protected the identity ofFIG. 2. Changes in the development this giants young from the fisher-of the jewfish. Size of specimens: man and public Until the present a. IJ inches long; b. 41 mches; c. 9 .■ - ^ inches; d. 72 inches (weight 305 lbs). CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. THE PACIFIC EDIBLE CRAB AND ITS NEAR RELATIVES * By Frank Walter Weymouth, Stanford University, California. The edible crab of the Pacific Coast markets is familiar to mostpeople but there are a number of other species less well known andsomewhat likely to be confused with it. It is the purpose of this noteto prevent this confusion. Since there are between fifty and a hundreddistinct species, many of small size, on the coast, it is a mistake toimagine that any small crab is the young of the edible form. Manyare so widely different that even a hasty examination will show themost uncritical that they are not market crabs, but there are fourclosely related species which are particularly liable to confusion andwhich will be considered in more detail. The edible crab. Cancer magister, belongs to a genus which includesin the Atlantic two of the edible crabs of the eastern United States andCanada and the edible crab of Europe. On the Pac
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