. Breviora. . JRfl« if. Fig. 1. Schcdopliihis pcnuirco (Poll), an 89-mm specimen from the Carib- bean, 10°'N 6I°()().6'W. Museum of Comparative Zoology specimen. Figure 2 shows the extent of allometric growth in Schedophihts pemarco. It is nowhere particularly marked, and, by the time the fish has reached a length of approximately 200 mm SL, the rela- tive proportions are more or less stabilized and no longer change with growth. This is very generally the case in stromateoids, the most dramatic changes occurring early. In S. medusophagiis (Cocco), for example, the greatest changes take
. Breviora. . JRfl« if. Fig. 1. Schcdopliihis pcnuirco (Poll), an 89-mm specimen from the Carib- bean, 10°'N 6I°()().6'W. Museum of Comparative Zoology specimen. Figure 2 shows the extent of allometric growth in Schedophihts pemarco. It is nowhere particularly marked, and, by the time the fish has reached a length of approximately 200 mm SL, the rela- tive proportions are more or less stabilized and no longer change with growth. This is very generally the case in stromateoids, the most dramatic changes occurring early. In S. medusophagiis (Cocco), for example, the greatest changes take place between 10 and 80 mm SL (Haedrich 1967: 47). Clearly, smaller specimens of 5. pemarco, when found, may be expected to differ morpho- metrically from the ranges displayed by the larger specimens here Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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