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Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



Body: depth 9.8-14.2 [12.5]; width 



9.1-14.0 [9.0]. 

 Caudal peduncle: length 11. 7— 14.2 



[10.9]; least depth 5.8-7.5 [6.2]. 

 Head: mid-dorsal length 21.5—32.4 



[31.5]; length 28.4-36.5 [35.7]; 



depth 8.2-10.6 [9.4]; width 9.4- 



12.9 [9.4]. 

 Snout: length 15.7— 21.4 [19.5]; least 



width 3.9-5.1 [5.0]; width 5.3-6.7 



[6.8]. 

 Orbit: length 2.5-4.1 [5.6]. 

 Interorbital: least bony distance 7.2—9.0 



[7-2]. 

 Postorbital distance to: bony margin 9.7— 



I I.I [10.5]; fleshy margin 10.5— 



12.8 [11. i]. 

 Frontal bones: least width 3.7—4.4 [4.8]. 

 Lower jaws: width 6.1—9.8 [7-8]; least 



width 4.5-5.5 [4.6]. 

 Mandible: length 1 3.7-1 8.5 [15.9]. 



Dorsal fin: depressed length 1 3.4-1 8.4 



[15.1]. 

 Anal fin: depressed length 13.0— 17.9 



[I4.53- 

 Caudal fin: length 13. 6-19.0 [16.7]; 



filament [19.3]. 



Pectoral fin: length 9.1 — 13.3 [5.0]. 



Pelvic fin: length ii.i — 15.0 [8.0]. 



Distance from tip of snout to : dorsal ori- 

 gin 82.8—86.0 [82.0]; pelvic inser- 

 tion 53.5-59-4 [56.7]- 



Distance from pelvic insertion to : anal ori- 

 gin 23.2-30.7 [25.2]; pectoral 

 insertion 21.0-32.9 [21.4]; lateral 

 line 5.3-8.2. 



Distance from dorsal origin to: occiput 

 51.9—59.8 [50.9]; caudal base 

 14. 5-17. 5 [16.9]; lateral line 5.8- 



7-5- 

 Distance from anal origin to : caudal base 



17.0-20.8 [18. i]. 



Proportional dimensions in per cent of head length for 27 specimens, 156.5- 

 1,760.0 mm [49.5], including 2,159-mm specimen, TU Osteol. Coll. 360 (see ftn. 10), 

 with head lengths 54.6— 562.0 mm [17.7]. 



Snout: length 54.1—59.7 [54.7]; least 



width 13.0— 15.3 [14. i]. 

 Orbit: length 5.4-1 2.1 [15.8]. 

 Interorbital: bony distance 23.0-30.5 



[20.3]. 



Postorbital distance to: bony margin 28.6— 



26. s [29.3]. 

 Lower jaws: least width 1 3.5-1 9.2 



[12.9]. 

 Mandible: length 46.7-52.4 [44.6]. 



Proportional dimensions in per cent of snout length (si) and mandible length (ml). 



Snout: least width 3.7—4.5 [3.9] times 



in si. 

 Postsnout: distance 1.2-1.5 [1.2] in si. 



Lower jaws: least width 2.7—3.8 [3.4] 

 times in ml. 



Statistics of meristic characters: first number — number of specimens; second and 

 third numbers — extremes in range of variation ; fourth number — mean figure. 



Scales: transverse rows between pelvic 

 and dorsal origins 24, 34-38, 35.3; 

 transverse rows 27, 23—32, 26.3; 



pectoral 27, 49-54, 51.1; lateral 

 line 27, 58-62, 60.3. 

 Gill rakers: total 20, 59-66, 62.7. 



