Plate 9. --A - shoulder bones. Top row from left to right: 

 white marlin, black marlin, striped marlin; lower row 

 from left to right: shortnosed spearfish, and sailfish. 

 B - pelvic girdle. On the right: black nnarlin; on the 

 left: white nnarlin. C - pelvic girdie and ventral fin 

 rays (black marlin). 



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