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The relationship between eye diameter and fork length in the spiny oreo dory, Allocyttus sp. (Note)

S. A. CRANE

J. M. FENAUGHTY

R. W. GAULDIE*

Fisheries Research Centre Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box 297, Wellington New Zealand

Abstract A regression analysis of eye diameter and fork length was conducted on measurements from 143 spiny oreo dories, Allocyttus sp. (Oreo-somatidae). A statistically significant relationship between eye diameter (x) and fork length (y) was found: y = 131 + 3.56.x (r = 0.811).

Keywords eye diameter; fork length; Allocyttus; spiny oreo dory; Oreosomatidae

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1987, Vol. 21: 641-642 0028-8330/87/2104-0641 $2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1987 Received 12 May 1986; accepted 6 April 1987

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