Table 13. Correlated Counts of Dorsal and Anal Rays, and AO Photophores for 

 loweina laurae 



Anal rays 



Table 14. Numbers of Perforated Scales in the Lateral Line of Loweina laurae 

 FROM Four Areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean 



Distribution: L. laurae is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean between about 30° N and 

 30° Sand westerly to 150° W (Fig. 66). Becker (1964a) reported asL. rara nine specimens from 

 the west-central Pacific and southern tropical Indian Ocean; these specimens are herein provi- 

 sionally assigned to L. laurae. The possible population structure in the eastern Pacific is 

 discussed below. 



Discussion 



The presently known distribution o^ Loweina laurae in the eastern Pacific Ocean strongly 

 suggests the existence of three discrete populations (Fig. 66). However, this apparent discrete- 

 ness may be an artifact of sampling as most specimens were taken up with dip net and surface 



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