TESTING BUILDING MATERIALS. 



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Blank table of measurements for fishes. 

 Species — 



Rays. P. V. D. A. 



Body. 



General shape 



Greatest height - 



Greatest thickness 



Greatest height to length, as :; 



Greatest thickness to greatest height, as :: 



Head — (side) to length, as :: 



Head — (ahove) to length, as :: 



Mouth. 



Most projecting jaw, mouth shut 



Distance from centre of eye to the snout to same distance 



to end of operculum, in diameters of eye, as 



Distance from snout to tip of operculum, in diameters of 



eye 



Relation of nape to angle between lines from centre of 



eye to two extremities of commissure 



Eolations of the eye to anterior edge of operculum 



Mucous lines 



Fins. 



Dorsal — Relation to centre of axis 



" " ventral 



" " anal. 



' ' Base to height ;: 



" Last ray to longest :: 



Total length of lOOths 



Pectoral — Relation to dorsal 



• ' " to ventral 



Total length in lOOths 



Ventral — Relation to anal 



Total length in lOOths 



Anal — Base to height :: 



' * Last ray to longest :: 



Total length in lOOths 



Caudal — Shortest central ray to longest ;: 



Total length in lOOths 



Scales. 



Curve and position of the lateral line 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Rows from dorsal line in front of dorsal ray to lateral line- 

 Rows from lateral line to base of ventral 



Rows encircling body posterior to dorsal fin - 



Rows around the tail 



Oblique rows from nape to dorsal. 



Oblique rows from dorsal to caudal 



Number of vertebrae ._ 



C. 



