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a 4 = — 
(o) ine) - (op) 
foe) 
Band-pair count 
95% Cl 
e Band-pair count 
—— Dorsal diameter 
---- Lateral diameter 
Vertebral measurement (mm) 
30 40 50 60 70 80 
Vertebra number 
Figure 3 
Band-pair counts (black circles) for each fifth vertebra within one adult female 
spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) collected off the coast of New England in 
2019 compared with vertebra number and dorsal (solid line), lateral (dashed 
line), and length (dotted line) measurements of every vertebra. The gray area 
represents the 95% confidence interval (95% CI: 11.566—13.022) of the average 
band-pair count (12.294) of the vertebrae examined from this individual. 
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