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Figure 10 



(A) Photomicrograph of the video image of the whole otolith show- 

 ing a medial view of the ventral lobe of a sagittae from a 258.0 cm 

 LJFL male Atlantic blue marlin Makaira nigricans. White arrows 

 show location of opaque zones of presumed annual increments. Black 

 bar = 200 (jm. (B) Scanning electron micrographs of the transverse 

 section of the sagittae from a 140.5cm LJFL male Atlantic blue 

 marlin. White arrows on section (bottom) showing entire otolith and 

 on the enlargements (middle and bottom) indicate approximate loca- 

 tion of presumed annual zones identified in photomicrograph. White 

 bars represent 1000fjm, lOO^m, and lOOjjm from top to bottom, 

 respectively. 



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