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pigment stripe in beaks with URL >0.60 cm; pigment changes with growth shown in 

 Figure 9. 



2mm 



Figure 9.— The upper and lower beak of Dosidicus gigas (1 - 

 ML = 196 mm, URL = 0.46 cm, LRL = 0.41 cm; 2 - ML =237 mm, 

 URL = 0.57 cm, LRL = 0.55 cm; 3 - ML = 321 mm, URL = 0.79 

 cm, LRL = 0.75 cm). 



7b. HL/CL <0.825 (CIos = 0.813+0.013); *RL/HL >0.344 (CI 05 = 0.354+0.011); *RL/JW 



>1.188 (CI05 = 1.215+0.032) Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis 



Jaw angle deeply recessed; wing base inserted l / 2 down anterior margin of lateral wall; 

 two pigment stripes present as in D. gigas (Fig. 2); ridges and grooves more promi- 

 nent in beaks with URL >0.50 cm; pigment changes with growth shown in Figure 10. 



i 1 



2mm 



366 



