Total length definition

Total length means the straight linear distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail of a finfish species. All finfish species minimum size are measured as total length, except for coastal sharks, in which minimum size in measured by fork length.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
Total length means the total length of the fence taken in a line parallel to the road.

Examples of Total length in a sentence

  • Total length is the longest straight-line measurement from the tip of the head to the end of the longest lobe of the tail.


More Definitions of Total length

Total length means the length of a fish laid flat and measured from the closed mouth (snout) to the tip of the tail fin when pinched together. It is a straight line measure, not over the curvature of the body.
Total length. ’ means the length of a fish as measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail.
Total length means the length of a fish measured from the most forward projection of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the tip of the longer lobe of the tail (caudal) fin, measured with the tail compressed along the midline, using a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.
Total length means the straight linear distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail.
Total length means the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal (tail) fin. The length measurement shall be a straight-line measure, not measured over the curvature of the body of the fish.
Total length means, for Acute Toxicity Testing, the straight-line measurement from the tip of the snout of a fish to the extreme tip of the caudal fin.
Total length means the length of a fish as measured from the most forward point of the head to the hindmost point of the tail.