PRINCE ET AL.: LONGEVITY AND AGE OF ATLANTIC SAILFISH 



Figure 5.— Scanning electron micrograph of 

 the ventral view of the sagitta rostrum from 

 the tag-recaptured Atlantic sailfish. A count of 

 external ridges 3-10 (bottom) and 10-13 (top) 

 were used to assign a numeric otolith age of 13 

 yr. Bar on bottom = 1.0 mm, bar on top = 0.1 

 mm. 



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