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LITERATURE CITED 



De Sylva, Donalu p. 



1957. Studies on the age and growth of the Atlantic 

 sailfish, Ixtiophorus iimcriraniis (Cuvier), using 

 length-frequency curves. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf 

 Carib. 7 : 1-20. 



1963. Postlarva of the white marlin, Tctrauturus 

 albidiis. from the Florida Current off the Carolinas. 

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 Geiikinger, Jack W. 



1957. Observations on the development of the At- 

 lantic sailfish I.itioiihoniK (niirriraniiK (Cuvier), 

 with notes on an unidentified si^ecies of istiophorid. 

 U. S. Fish Wilill. Serv., Fish. Bull. .")7 : 139-171. 



Morrow, James E., and Samuel J. Harbo. 



1969. A revision of the sailfish genus Istiophorus. 

 Copeia 1969: 34-44. 

 RivAS, Luis Rene. 



1956. Definitions and methods of measuring and 

 counting in the billfishes ( Istiophoridae, Xiphi- 

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 Robins, C. Richard, and Doxald P. De Sylva. 



1963. A new western Atlantic si)earfish. Tctrup- 

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 Voss, Gilbert L. 



19.'53. A contribution to the life history and biology 

 of the .sailfish, Istioplionis (imeriraiuis Cuv. and 

 Val., in Florida waters. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Carib. 

 3: 206-240. 



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