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suggestions during the course of this research 

 and in the review of this manuscript. I also thank 

 C. F. E. Roper, National Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, and W. F. Perrin, Southwest Fisheries Cen- 

 ter, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 

 for their early encouragement and help in ini- 

 tiating the research; D. Au, Southwest Fisheries 

 Center, and B. Lee, San Francisco State Univer- 

 sity, for supplying many of the specimens and 

 body measurements; and H. G. Snyder, Scripps 

 Institution of Oceanography, for locating the re- 

 mainder of the specimens and arranging for 

 their loan. This research was supported by con- 

 tract 03-7-208-35284 from the National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration and grant 

 DAR 7924779 from the National Science Foun- 

 dation. 



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