Table 3. — Morphometric data for 1 1 specimens of Tetrapturus pfluegeri from the Western North Atlantic expressed in percentage of 

 body length. Measurements are as defined by Rivas (1956) unless otherwise indicated. Numbers in parentheses refer to the numbered 

 definitions of Rivas; see Robins and de Sylva, 1960:384-385, for explanation of abbreviations. 



'Mandible broken, percentages approximate. 



Tetrapturus beloni [sic]: Briggs, 1958:287 (listed from 

 Florida; distribution, habitat). 



Tetrapterus Robins, 1958:17 (southeastern 



Florida). — Erdman and Roman, 1959:figure on p. 

 117 (Puerto Rico). 



Tetrapturus sp. Migdalski, 1958:70-71, lower figure 

 opposite p. 100, except for fish in upper right (Flor- 

 ida and Texas). 



Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins and de Sylva, 1963:86- 

 89, Tables 1, 2, Figs. 1, 2 (original description; dis- 

 tinguished from T belone).—De Sylva, 1963:125, 

 130 (juvenile compared to other Atlantic species). 

 Anon., 1963:53 (review of original account of 

 species); 1964a:40 (one reported caught during 

 operations of MV Delaware off New England); 



1964b:31 (one reported caught during operations of 

 MV Delaware between North Carolina and Georges 

 Bank). — Ueyanagi and Watanabe, 1965 

 (differences in vertebral column between various 

 istiophorids including T. pfluegeri}.— Nakamura, 

 Iwai, and Matsubara, 1968 (review of history and 

 morphometry; new data provided on Atlantic dis- 

 tributions of adults and larvae and on various 

 aspects of anatomy). — Ovchinnikov, 1970 (record- 

 ed from Caribbean Sea; various notes on eye size, 

 swimming capability). — Ueyanagi et al., 1970:21- 

 23, Figs. 7, 9-11 (geographical and seasonal dis- 

 tribution of adults and larvae, notes on 

 maturity).— Anon., 1972:40 (photograph of 22-lb 

 (10.0-kg) specimen from off Dade County, 



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