A little closer look and YP predation of BG. Above we saw that an 8" YP has a mouth gape of 21mm. A 9" YP has a gape of 27mm. A 1" BG has a body depth of 6.5mm and a 1.7" BG has a body depth of 14mm.
A 1"BG body depth is about 31% of the gape of a 8" YP and 24% of the gape of a 9"YP. A 1.75"BG body depth is about 66% of the gape of an 8"YP and 51% of the gape of a 9" YP. A 10" YP has a gape of close to 30mm.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/03/15 01:58 PM. Reason: Fixed with edit

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