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fork length — the distance from the most anterior point of the body (usually the snout even when the lower jaw projects) to the deepest point of the fork in the caudal fin. Abbreviated FL. Mostly used in fishery biology and not in systematics … Dictionary of ichthyology
standard length — the measurement from the most anterior tip of the body to the midlateral posterior edge of the hypural plate (in fish with a hypural plate) or to the posterior end of the vertebral column (in fish lacking hypural plates). It may be restricted to… … Dictionary of ichthyology
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