. The life-histories of the British marine food-fishes. Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. 314 THE SAND-EEL FAMILY. 30 mm., and extends from the third week in May till about the second week in June or thereabout, when the habitat of the adult is adopted. Here, again, in about three weeks, the young sand-eel grows from 17—18 mm. to about 30 mm. Sand-eels of larger sizes are caught at the surface almost everywhere, the universal distribution of this species being well known. As regards the rate of growth of the lesser sand-eel, the double spawning-period makes it extremely difficult to gauge the age of eac
. The life-histories of the British marine food-fishes. Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. 314 THE SAND-EEL FAMILY. 30 mm., and extends from the third week in May till about the second week in June or thereabout, when the habitat of the adult is adopted. Here, again, in about three weeks, the young sand-eel grows from 17—18 mm. to about 30 mm. Sand-eels of larger sizes are caught at the surface almost everywhere, the universal distribution of this species being well known. As regards the rate of growth of the lesser sand-eel, the double spawning-period makes it extremely difficult to gauge the age of each individual occurring throughout the year. In June, specimens varying from 1 to 2^ inches in length are fouud, and in Jul}' these appear to have reached IJ to 3^ inches, whilst the smallest of these have increased to 1^ in Sand-eel at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original M'Intosh, William Carmichael, 1838-1931; Masterman, Arthur Thomas, joint author. London, C. J. Clay and sons
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