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Appendix Table 1-B. 



-Original data and morphometric measurements of 6 specimens of Istiophorus orientalis, by POFI 

 [Measurements in millimeters] 



Item 



No. 1 



No. 2 



No. 3 



No. 4 



No. 5 



No. 6 



Latitude 



Longitude... 

 Date talven. 

 Sex. 



7°39' N. 



131°20' W. 



11-14-52 



Weight (pounds) 



Tip snout to (ork tail 



Tip snout to upper tall notch 



Tip snout to inside 1st dorsal 



Tip snout to inside pectoral 



Tip snout to inside pelvic 



Tip snout to posterior edge opercle 



Tip snout to anterior edge orbit 



Orbit diameter -.- -- 



Posterior edge orbit to posterior edge opercle. 



Naris to foric of tail 



Posterior edge orbit to fork of tall 



Length of mandible 



Sword width opposite tip mandible 



Sword depth opposite tip mandible 



Depth of head 



Greatest body depth. 



Body width at tip pectoral... 



Body depth at vent 



Ventral groove to inside anal 



1st dorsal height longest anterior ray 



1st dorsal height 20th ray 



1st dorsal length base 



2(1 dorsal height .-. 



2d dorsal length base 



1st anal height 



1st anal length base 



Pectoral length ._ 



Pelvic length 



Caudal spread 



Interspace !st and 2d dorsals 



Interspace 1st and 2d anals — 



Pectoral fin folds against side 



Number stripes on sides 



1,530 



7°10' N. 



152°14' W. 



10-25-52 



Female 



33 



1,809 



9°05'N. 



131''40' W. 



11-15-51 



30 



,142 



30 

 'i,l79 



39 



1,560 



7''20' N. 



110°2n' W. 



3-4-.'>4 



Female 



64 



2,232 



2,090 



666 



713 



787 



735 



513 



43 



167 



1,727 



1,664 



l°Ofl' S. 



140°05' W. 



3-13-53 



Male 



77 



C) 



187 



229 



274 



183 

 293 

 119 



200 



323 

 '678 



393 



759 

 1,161 



81 



90 

 201 

 253 

 338 

 581 

 764 



13 

 119 

 Yes 



20 



33 

 1,784 



3 825 



1.173 



104 



209 



398 

 623 



36 



8°59' N. 



U0°n9' W. 



3-3-54 



Female 



86 



J 2, 516 



'- 2. 336 



2 725 



>808 



>830 



»790 



! 535 



S3 



202 



2,001 



335 

 124 



109 



474 



•607 



1,320 



101 



107 



249 



271 



500 



536 



867 



SO 



155 



Yes 



? 



• Snout broken. 



3 Includes estimated 50 mm. for broken snout. 



' Longest ray (#19) was 842 cm. 

 ' Longest ray (#18) was 777 cm. 



Appendix Table I-C. — Original data and morphometric measurements of 11 specimens of Istiompax marlina, fct/ POFI 



[Measurements in millimeters] 



Item 



Latitude 



Longitude.- 

 Date taken. 

 Sex. 



Weight (pounds) 



Tip snout to fork tall 



Tip snout to upper tail notch 



Tip snout to inside 1st dorsal 



Tip snout to inside pectoral. 



Tip snout to inside pelvic 



Tip snout to posterior edge opercle 



Tip snout to anterior edge orbit 



Orbit diameter.- 



Posterior edge orbit to posterior edge opercle. 



Naris to fork of tail. 



Posterior edge orbit to fork of tail 



Length of mandible 



Sword width opposite tip mandible 



Sword depth opposite tip mandible 



Depth of head 



Greatest body depth 



Body width tip pectoral 



Body depth at vent 



\'entral groove to inside anal 



1st dorsal height of longest anterior ray 



1st dorsal height of 20th ray.. 



1st dorsal length base 



2d dorsal height 



2d dorsal length base 



1st anal height 



1st anal length base. 



Pectoral length 



Pelvic length 



Caudal spread... 



Interspace 1st and 2d dorsals 



Interspace 1st and 2d anals 



Pectoral fin folds against side 



Number of stripes on sides 



Number of free spines between dorsals ... 



No. 



0°03' N. 



156°1.5' W. 



12-4-53 



? 



182 

 2,379 

 2,209 



y.so 



823 



870 



825 



530 



51 



244 



1,861 



1,798 



343 



45 



230 



284 



74 



898 



87 



115 



231 



260 



413 



232 



880 



278 



139 



No 







3(?) 



1°48' S. 



139° 59' W. 



3-11-53 



Male 



183 



2,507 



928 

 "36 



1.904 

 "41 



455 



280 



71 



1,153 



86 



243 



467 

 279 



92 



168 



No 











No. 3 



2<'34' S. 



155°23' W. 



8-19-53 



2,568 



2,375 



823 



920 



970 



915 



613 



51 



251 



1,983 



1,904 



378 



34 



210 



311 



60 



95 

 123 



443 



256 

 90S 

 113 



No. 4 



2° 1.3' N. 



155° 1.5' W. 



4-15-54 



Male 



270 



2.716 



2,490 



858 



1.000 



1,045 



981 



647 



57 



277 



2,084 



2,012 



404 



44 



35 



281 



491 



267 



449 



96 



280 



45 



1,216 



98 



146 



281 



314 



481 



186 



980 



93 



116 



No 



30 







No. 5 



2°15' N. 



151° 19' W. 



10-30-52 



Female 



'■ 2. 749 



37 

 '2,149 



505 



97 

 274 

 574 



No. 6 



4°58' S. 



149°57' W. 



,V15-53 



? 



1291 



2,836 



2,6,35 



895 



999 



1,068 



665 

 58 



2,198 



2.113 



414 



50 



2.54 

 542 

 220 



141 

 335 



78 

 1.345 



94 

 136 

 274 

 290 

 .535 

 270 

 960 



61 

 146 

 No 







See footnotes at end of t.able 



