Show FISH PRODUCE MANY engsi scientific count show perch inches long contained 1 more in small than large information concerning the number of eggs produced by various species of fish has been limited mainly to rather rough estimates according to the AUe melne erel acme careful counts were made laet year at the bavarian trout hatchery the first investigations were la connection with common trout and rainbow trout ba specimens of th former and 54 of the latter were stripped and the ova counted the older and heavier fish were found to have the most eggs ng up to about but the younger fish yielded a decidedly larger number 0 eggs in proportion to the weight of the fish j the experiments were repeated with perch perca la this easel the females just about to spawn being ailed and the ovaries being removed and dissected the number of eggs id perch ranged from tor a fish four inches long up to for one inches long but in this species also the number of eggs per unit weight of fish Is much larger in small than in large fish scientific american |