At 08:06 01.05.97 -0400, you wrote: >Depends on who measures it. I believe the correct way is to *not* include the >tail. Therefore the same fish can be 5cm *and* 7cm. The correct way is to give the length as either total length (including caudal fin) or as body length (exluding caudal fin). In your example the fish has a total length of 7cm and a body length of 5cm.