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Figure 3. — Noon positions of vessels while trolling and surface sighting. Each dot represents the noon position 

 for a day's observation. The number of days' observation in each of the shaded island areas (within 96.5 km of 

 land) is shown by the figures. (Adapted from Murphy and Ikehara, 1955.) 



Albacore, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre) 

 Barracuda, Sphyraena sp. 

 Bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesu^ Lowe 

 Black marlin, Makaira indica (Cuvier) 

 Blue marlin, Makaira nigricans Lacepede 

 Blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus) 

 Dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 

 Longnose lancetfish, Alepisaurus ferox Lowe 

 Mako shark, Isurus sp. 



Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinu^ longiman- 

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Saijfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and 



Nodder) 

 Shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris 



Tanaka 

 Silky shark, Carcharhinus falcifoi'mis (Bibron) 

 Skipjack tuna, Katsutvonus pekimis (Linnaeus) 

 Striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax (Philippi) 

 Swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 

 Wahoo, Acanthocybium solanderi (Cuvier) 

 Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares 



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