. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 2-2 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Photographs of scales from fish of dilVerent aires are presented in Figures to 12. While tin- spaces between 1 lie first seven or eight annuli were sufficiently wide for reasonably consistenl and aecurate counting, those beyond seven or «>i«_rlit became too narrow, and tlie year marks too crowded, to justify any at tempi at trustworthy age determination beyond eighl years. After all the scales had lieen
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 2-2 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Photographs of scales from fish of dilVerent aires are presented in Figures to 12. While tin- spaces between 1 lie first seven or eight annuli were sufficiently wide for reasonably consistenl and aecurate counting, those beyond seven or «>i«_rlit became too narrow, and tlie year marks too crowded, to justify any at tempi at trustworthy age determination beyond eighl years. After all the scales had lieen interpreted, length-frequency distri- butions were made for each separate age group (Table 2). The average length and standard d< viation for each age group are shown at the hot torn of the table. The data on the total number of individuals of each age group is rearranged in Table 3 to facilitate comparative study of the difference TABLE 3 Average Length of Males and Females at Each Age-Group Age-group Males Females Number Mean total length (mm.) Number Mean total length (mm ) I 9 12 5 2 4 3 2 98 137 164 212 236 241 246 9 6 6 3 13 3 6 5 100 II. 155 Ill 199 IV 213 V.— 243 VI 253 VII ''71 VIII 277 320. IV V VI AGE IN YEARS VII Figure 14. Growth curves of male and female sand dab. Lengths observed at different 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 California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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