order not to interfere with the work It was necessary to do the measuring aa 

 rapidly as possible and so only the body lengths and weights were tsken, the 

 total length, body depth, and body width being omitted. 



Body length was measured from the snout to the caudal peduncle, and the 

 weights wore taken after the fish had been completely eviscerated„ 



Table 1 ftekaira mitsukurii 



TN. 1 ahaku - .994. foot 1 ^aa = ®»27 pounds 



Table 2 Parathunnus mebachi 



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