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STANDARD LENGTH IN MM. 



Fi(!URE 30. — Relation of lower jaw length to standard length. Dut.s represent study specimens; x, Beebe's specimen; 

 circles, Voss's specimens; triangles, Baughman's specimens; and large black dots, the unidentified species. 



Table 5. — Dislribution of specimens by length and by number of rays in the anal Jin 



' Unidentified specimens. 



Tlu' mimlier of rays in the pectoral fin of speei- 

 nieiis i)et\veen 6.0 and 9.9 mm. ranged from l(j to 

 18 (table 6). Sailfisli exceetling 10 mm. in length 

 had complements ranging from 16 rays to 20. In 

 specimens exceeding 26 mm., the number ranged 



from 18 to 20, with 82 percent having 18 rays. 

 The smallest specimen with a complement of 18 

 lays or more is 7.9 mm. in length, and the largest 

 with fewer than this number is 23.3 mm. 



