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Table 8.— Caranx ruber: Correlation of the numbers of 

 dorsal and anal soft-rays of 152 specimens 



[The upper number in each block is the count obtained for that combination, 

 and the number in parentheses below is the approximate percentage of 

 that count in the total sample] 



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DORSAL SOFT-RAYS 

 26 27 28 



29 



30 



in soft-ray length per 1.0-mm. increase in standard 

 length). The coordinates of the four specimens 

 larger than 118 mm. fall along the extension of 

 the calculated regression line, suggesting that 

 soft-ray growth may continue at the same propor- 

 tional rate. 



Anal soft-rays— 23 to 26 (table 8). Formation, 

 segmentation, branching, and lobation occur about 

 as with the dorsal soft-rays. The second soft-ray 

 averages the greatest length to about 22 mm. 

 standard length; above 22 mm., the first ray is 

 longest. The longest anal ray approximates the 

 length of the longest dorsal ray to about 25 mm. 



Figure 37. — Caranx ruber juvenile, 31.9 mm. standard length {Gill 6, Reg 14.). 



Figure 38.— Caranx ruber juvenile, 83.5 mm. standard length (Gill 3, Std., July 19, 1953; 0000-0400). 

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