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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



s 



g 10 



10 20 40 60 100 



STANDARD LENGTH IN MM. 



FinuRE 29. — Relation of snout length to standard length. Dots represent study specimens; I's, Beebe's specimen 

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



 



The number of rays in the anal fin of specimens 

 between 6.0 and 9.9 mm. ranged from 20 to 22 

 (table 5). In sailfish specimens between 10 and 

 25.9 mm. the number ranged from 20 to 23. In 

 specimens between 26 and 101 mm. the number 

 ranged from 24 to 28 (excluding the 101-nim. 

 specimen with a damaged anal fin whicli has 20 



recognizable rays), with 92 percent having 24 to 

 26. I consider that the break at the 26-mm. size 

 results from an inadequate sample. The smallest 

 specimen with a complement of 22 or more rays 

 is 9.5 mm., and the largest with fewer than this 

 number (excluding the 101-mm. specimen men- 

 tioned above) is 23.3 mm. 



