On Thu, 01 May 1997 17:04:41 +0200, you wrote: >The correct way is to give the length as either total length (including >caudal fin) or as body length (exluding caudal fin).=20 >In your example the fish has a total length of 7cm and a body length of = 5cm.=20 Hehe.. Which is one freakin' huge caudal fin on a 5cm fish! :) I think I was unclear in my last post. What I meant was that some people are *horrible* at guestimating the lengths of fish. TTFN, Brian T. Forsythe crom@cris.com "[Commitment is] like bacon and eggs -- the chicken is involved, the pig = is committed." -- Red Green