FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 80, NO. 2 



5a. RL/HL>0.268(CIo5 = 0.290+0.011); *RL/CL >0.194 (CIos = 0.211+0.008); *JW/CL 



>0.204 (CIos = 0.219+0.007) Liocranchia reinhardti 



Jaw angle not recessed; wing base inserted % down anterior margin of lateral wall; 

 pigment changes with growth shown in Figure 6. 



FIGURE 6.— The upper and lower beak of Liocranchia rein- 

 hardtid - ML = 23 mm, URL =0.03 cm, LRL = 0.03 cm; 2 - ML = 

 67 mm, URL =0.08 cm, LRL = 0.09 cm; 3 - ML = 125 mm, URL = 

 0.15 cm, LRL = 0.15 cm). 



5b. RL/HL<0.268 (CIos = 0.246+0.011); *RL/CL <0.194 (CIos = 0.177+0.008); *JW/CL 



<0.204 (CIos = 0.188+0.007) Loligo opalescens 



Jaw angle not recessed; wing base inserted just above base of anterior margin of lateral 

 wall; pigment changes with growth shown in Figure 7. 



2mm 



Figure 7.— The upper and lower beak of Loligo opalescens 

 (1 - ML = 80 mm, URL = 0.09 cm, LRL = 0.11 cm; 2 - ML = 117 

 mm, URL = 0.12 cm, LRL = 0.13 cm; 3 - ML = 153 mm, URL 

 = 0.21 cm, LRL =0.18 cm). 



364 



