TABLE 2. Statistics for pygmy and rainbow smelt samples. (Mean + one standard deviation, range} 



Species Sample Standard Orbit Caudal Ped. Number gill Number mid- Number 



Population Size Length (mm) Diam/%SL Depth/%SL rakers lat . scales Vertebrae 



0. spectrum 



1 



92.4 



6.0 



6.3 



35 





63 





62 





(neotype) 























0. spectrum 



19 



88.90+8.31 



5.33+0.43 



6.1+0.31 



33.89+0, 



.94 



62.68+0. 



75 



62.03+0. 



67 



Wilton Pond, Maine 





72.6-100.8 



4.4-6.1 



5.2-6.7 



32-36 





62-64 





61-63 





Utopia Lake 



50 



96.89+10.62 



5.5+0.56 



6.27+0.36 



34.12+0, 



.77 



61.04+1. 



,16 



61.72+0. 



73 



New Brunswick 





81.2-113.7 



4.5-6.5 



5.5-6.9 



33-36 





59-63 





60-63 





Heney Lake 



24 



76.90+4.31 



5.27+0.39 



6.33+0.53 



34.29+0 



.95 



61.21+1, 



.59 



60.42+0. 



,72 



Quebec 





70.1-94.5 



4.6-6.2 



5.2-7.5 



32-36 





58-65 





59-62 





Osmerus mordax 























Utopia Lake 



21 



177.89+18.56 



9.36+0.87 



6.25+0.25 



31.05+1 



.40 



64.43+0, 



.81 



62.09+0 



,44 



New Brunswick 





141.8-205.1 



7.9-11.3 



5.7-6.8 



28-33 





63-66 





61-63 





Heney Lake 



10 



138-71+29.48 



8.56+1.20 



6.01-0.26 



31.69+1 



.43 



62.80+1 



.87 



61.10+0, 



.74 



Quebec 





100.9-184.0 



7.0-10.4 



5.7-6.4 



29-34 





61.67 





60-62 





Combined sample 























0. spectrum 



93 



90.10+12.21 



5.4+0.50 



6.25+0.41 



34.12+0 



.87 



61.42+1 



.37 



61.44+0 



.94 







70.1-113.7 



4.4-6.5 



5.2-7.5 



32-36 





58-65 





59-63 





Combined sample 























. mordax 



31 



165.25+28.93 



9.10+1.04 



6.17+0.28 



31.23+1 



.41 



63.90+1 



.45 



61.77+0 



.72 







100.9-205.1 



7.0-11.3 



5.7-6.8 



28-34 





61-67 





60-63 





11 



