FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 71, NO. 1 



Table 5. — Snout length as a percent of standard length 

 for the Gulf and Atlantic populations. 



Table 6. — Maxillary length as a percent of standard 

 length for the Gulf and Atlantic populations. 



Eye diameter is quite variable and several 

 workers have noted that there are big eyed and 

 small eyed forms in the Caribbean and Gulf of 

 Mexico (D. M. Cohen, National Systematics Lab- 

 oratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 NOAA, Washing-ton, DC 20560, pers. comm.). 

 Figure 5 indicates that the eye size is quite var- 

 iable and there is no division between the big 

 eyed and small eyed forms. 



Eye size does not appear to be related to sex. 

 Females (73 specimens) with small, interme- 

 diate, and large eyes were noted. Only two males 

 were found, both with eyes of intermediate size. 



MERISTIC CHARACTERS 



Values obtained for meristic characters 

 (Tables 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) are in agreement with 

 those given by Ginsburg (1954) for both pop- 



180 200 



350 400 450 



STANDARD LENGTH MM 



500 



Figure 5. — Gulf (squares) and Atlantic (circles) populations: relation of eye 



diameter to standard length. 



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Figure 6. — Gulf (squares) and Atlantic (circles) populations: relation 



snout length to standard length. 



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