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<br />and of the fish is in direct proportion. ~uring tlle following years the.,
<br />. , y less thaD the fi"h.
<br />scales grow propo:tIOD~I,I. h irne of the- formation of the annulus for:,
<br />The length of the fish at ft e t thO -.aIDs t\ method is presented for .... .
<br />- rom eSt.,. ~ . ~
<br />any year can be (~ah'ui?ted . ,I .'" the relation of scale sIZe to fish :'.:.
<br />doing thi;; by the use of ~ CU~H SlO"" 1I1'-T
<br />leno-th, drawn on a ]o~antJ1Il1lC' sti~].e: haw 11 lar<>er size and a higher;
<br />.- Fish from the Sacramentkofi "He]r ..' 'tll"' fir~t three veal's. During i'.'.
<br />C 't Cree' Sl) ( U11l1~ , . j?'
<br />oTowth rate thano~ 0 e, . f .th is practicallY tIle same.,r
<br />the fourth and fifth years the rate 0 gro"., f
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<br />elrmnage, mi,
<br />Depl. Fi8h"i
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<br />. 4- r S !\ut. ?olu
<br />.-\ml'rJ("a. Bull. no. '. " "
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<br />\" ~I I <l E Qubll)rff .
<br />C]lllpm'lJ\, ". - . a I . f I] ,"lllr'll Columbia R]\'1'r
<br />f ' I" fi~he' 0 nor I \ '.' ,
<br />Hl~~S. The f'M),I" ,er .lIll, . k' I on anel <It'dh,.ad trout. "ash,
<br />p;lrti,.ular. plllll~ d'lllOO ')~a Jm, j'n'"
<br />)Ii,,\, H.'pt. llO. ::. ,\. pp. 1- ..., . all.. . . . ..
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<br />,J ortla n. n. :--:. :11 III n. "'. E\'l'rmann .
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<br />)!-;'l('-'I'-' The fj,h.", of :'\orlh and )l~,Jdlc-
<br />. ~. \ '.) ')')-. .o").)t. . 1\1. :{. 1'. ~7!Hj.
<br />)'t. . pp. --'.' --, . O'
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<br />d W E Ricker J ,.
<br />F,wrst"r. H. E. an . -'. . >). fj~h on suninll of )'oun~ so(".kI'Y" sa mo
<br />I'l.n Th.. l'ff..ct of r...Jn<'Uoll of pr..d...'t 'Cll. . . J " no 4 pp. 31;)-33G, 1941. .,
<br />. . lit CUHllS L:Jke. J. Fish Rl's. B<l. an.. \0 . cl, ..
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<br />Ricker, W. E. k . salmon by preuaceous fish. .J. Fish. R
<br />1\141. Thl' ('OlIsumrt~n of ).t)un!;,::"~ 3;~e 1\.141. ' .~
<br />Bel. Cllll., '"01. n. DO. 3, pp. -"iN' ..
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<br />Sny,h'r. .T. O. . f Or<"'Oll Ilnu northern Culi!orllill. B.'
<br />1HOs, The fish.." of the ("oas~ll~ ~trl':lms "-, -)S!!. 'J
<br />r. 8. Bur.. Fi~b.. vol. XX\ I.~. I'!). 1.t 3 :\Iontl're,' TIllY. Bull. n. S. B. ur. Fi.......
<br />)!)]3. Thl' fishE'l' of the st!..~ms tn .ut.lT) 0, -' ~
<br />\'01. XXXII, pp. 4,.7_. ,
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<br />Tllft. A. C. h'/ g and;. n ",..slern minnow. Typl'writt .
<br />1q')~ '\~e an<l ;rro\\"th of Ptl/ch",' ~" ..., r. ~ '1 'J- '~Iarch 1!l28. .,:
<br />,_L. ~ht',if' f'uhmitted I" Stllnfor<l (1l1\'..rSH). PI. '_1,. . '.:;,.
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<br />NOTES
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<br />THE EXTENSION OF THE RANGE OF THE DEEP SEA -
<br />FLOUNDER, EMBASSICHTHYS BATHYBIUS (GILBERT)
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<br />Two spE'(.imrns of Embas:<icltfhys bathybills (Gi]hert) werr takell off
<br />EIII""l;a 011 June 21, 1949, by the otter trawler Ethel 8., George Sibert,
<br />,kipl"'!" TIJ(' l'utrh was madE' in l!lO fatllOms on the north slope of th('
<br />Ed J:i\'('r sllbllHu'jne can~'on. ],"; mile'S sUllthwest of EUl"c'li:a (Lat, .tOO as'
<br />\;. 1,"1\" lZ-!' 2W \Y;. Previous retords arc from sonth of :\lontere\' in
<br />;"';,:11, (~j. from 440 to 659 fathoms. Th(' range is thus extended apPI:oxi.
<br />IlIa1"'" ;lOO miles north. These fish were mixed with doyer sole, .11ic1"o,
<br />../IIJI/';" liI/"lfi('/(s. wlaid, the~' I't'selllble ill g-ellf'ra] appearallre. ::\11". Sjbert
<br />1:,,1 j....d t !lei!' most distinguishing" tharactt'rs, the Lla(.1i: ll10utlJS alHl tIlt'
<br />Ii", l.tnisl! bars on their dorsal sidf'.
<br />]))'. ('ad L. Hubbs of thf' Stripp;; Institution of Oceanography at
<br />I." ,'"Ih. California. examined awl identified the tw" spetimens and sug-
<br />1!"'1<'d tile cummoll name of ,. df't'p sea Hounder. "
<br />This sJl('ties was first desc-ribed b~' Gi]bert from two indh'idna]s that
<br />\\,..,." tak('n in 603 fathoms from the Santa Barbara Channel (] SUO, Pro.
<br />I:. s. ~;it. :\lus., XIII. p.123). .Jordan and Ewrman (1896. Rep. e. S.
<br />('0111. J.'j"ll., XXI, 1895, p. 506) state that this species ranges aloll~ the
<br />4':lIirol'"ia ('oast south of Poillt C\)I!ception. During- the expedition of the
<br />. t IIlIIl ro.'", in 1925, Townsend and Xichols obtained four specimens from
<br />.111110 (i',!I fathoms. These fish were taken between Monterey Bay and the
<br />HlIllta J:i1J'bara Islands (1925. Bull. Amer. )Ius. Xat. Hisi.. LII, I, p. 17).
<br />ltun.Jwl"t (1936, Marine Fishes of Southern California. p. 31) states
<br />111111 litis species is found in deep watpr off Southern and Central Cali-
<br />r..ruia.
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<br />.., ~h.ll!kr. r;~. Deep sea flounder. Embas8ichtl'YB bathllbi..... Photovraph by J, B, PhillipB
<br />
<br />\\'.ilh the trawling fleet of !\orthern California extending its range
<br />ht IIxlllll:: into deeper water, there is a possibility that the deep sea
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