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Table 3. Length, weight, and sex data of Prionotus stearnsi collected on 27 

 June 1978 (UF 30602). 



SL(mm) Wt.(g) Sex °™Z Gonad index* Egg diameter 



wt. (g) + size range (mm) 



76 



8.7 



9 



0.3 



3.45 



0.4-0.7 



83 



13.1 



cf 









88 



12.4 



e 









88 



11.7 



9 



1.5 



12.82 



0.3-0.8 



89 



12.8 



9 



0.8 



6.25 



0.3-0.6 



90 



15.6 



o* 









90 



15.2 



o* 









91 



14.3 



d* 









95 



17.3 



o" 









96 



16.0 



9 



0.7 



4.38 



0.4-0.7 



97 



15.7 



9 



0.5 



3.18 



0.3-0.6 



105 



20.4 



9 



0.6 



2.94 



0.5-0.8 



+ Both gonads combined. 



* Gonad index = gonad weight + (body weight - gonad weight) X 100. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— Thanks are extended to W. D. Ander- 

 son for verification of Hemanthias leptus, to G. H. Burgess for use of 

 Florida State Museum collections, to H. H. DeWitt for information on 

 and review of the Daramattus section, and to C. Benedict, G. F. Booth, 

 R. Cahoon, D. S. Cooke, L. L. Davidson, S. Edwards, C. Harvell, G. 

 R. Huntsman, B. Mahaffee, E. G. McGowan, D. Mumford, H. J. Port- 

 er, D. R. Sager, J. M. Swing, and M. T. Tyndall, for providing some of 

 the specimens. We are especially grateful to B. F. Holland and J. W. 

 Gillikin, Jr. for allowing us use of data collected by the R/V Dan 

 Moore. We also thank Ms. M. Fotch for typing the manuscript. 



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