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RECENTLY, measurements and samples of scales from twenty large-mouth black bass caught in Lake Naivasha were received from Dr. Richard H. Le Pelley, of the Scott Agricultural Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya. The sizes of these fish are about the same as are taken in good bass-fishing lakes in the Mississippi valley. Although the temperature range of Lake Naivasha is very small, the scales of these fish have annual rings much as in bass taken in temperate regions. The ages of these twenty bass have been read as follows:
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THOMPSON, D. Growth of the Large-mouth Black Bass, Huro salmoides, in Lake Naivsaha, Kenya. Nature 143, 561–562 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143561a0
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