Table 23. Body Proportions for Four Forms of the Diaphus fulgens Species Complex 

 FROM THE Pacific Ocean 



Table 24. Body Proportions for Three Forms of a Diaphus rafinesquii-like Species 

 Complex from the Northern Pacific Ocean and for Diaphus rafinesquh 

 FROM the North Atlantic Ocean* 



D. rafinesquii-like forms, northern Pacific 



Measurement 



FormR-1 



N= 12 



(39.2-60.2 mm) 



Form R-2 



N= 12 

 (55.8-80.3 mm) 



Form R-3 



N= 11 

 (37.1-94.0 mm) 



D. rafinesquii, 

 North Atlantic 



N = 43 

 (30.0-73.9 mm) 



Ave. 



Range 



Ave. 



Range 



Ave. 



Range 



Ave. 



Range 



Head length 300 289-310 304 289-311 309 296-324 



Head depth 217 205-229 226 216-245 219 213-225 



Upper jaw length 201 193-206 211 204-218 207 192-219 



Orbit length 104 100-107 96 93-99 100 93-108 

 Dorsal origin to pelvic 



origin 213 198-223 230 221-240 223 213-232 

 Dorsal origin to anal 



origin 320 292-315 308 290-320 302 291-312 



Prepectoral length 297 281-310 305 292-313 308 293-326 



Prepelvic length 451 442-469 467 453-480 471 463-493 



Preanal length 674 653-695 676 659-689 676 661-686 



Predorsal length 472 455-489 466 450-475 466 450-489 



Preadipose length 825 814-839 828 819-846 828 811-841 



Dorsal base length 174 163-191 197 190-201 187 168-203 



Anal base length 144 136-155 151 143-158 157 145-165 



Caudal peduncle length 208 196-214 212 208-217 213 198-225 



Caudal peduncle depth 99 92-105 104 99-112 103 96-109 



314 

 231 

 216 

 112 



309 

 461 

 660 

 475 

 814 

 186 

 167 



111 



306-325 

 222-243 

 204-228 

 105-119 



229-322 

 450-478 

 640-680 

 463-489 

 781-830 

 175-200 

 153-179 



104-123 



*Data from Nafpaktitis, 1968, p 82. 



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