Sarda orientalis. Jordan and Snyder 1900:352 

 (Tokyo). Jordan and Snyder 1901:64 (Tokyo, 

 Nagasaki). Kishinouye 1923:424-426 (descrip- 

 tion, anatomy; Japan, southern species abun- 

 dant around Kyushu, juvenile from Aomori, 

 Honshu), figs. 11, 17, 33, 42. Jordan and Hubbs 

 1925:215 (not uncommon in Japanese markets). 

 Walford 1936:9 {S. orientalis separate species 

 from 5. velox). Tortonese 1939:323-324 

 (Yokohama, Japan). Boeseman 1947:94-95 

 (lectotype of P. orientalis selected). Smith 

 1949:299 (description; south to Durban, South 

 Africa). Warfel 1950:18 (description; Philip- 

 pine Islands), 21 (fig. 14, fish, gill arch, excised 

 liver). Fraser-Brunner 1950:147-148 (descrip- 

 tion), fig. 12. Honma 1952:143 (Echigo 

 Province, Honshu, Japan). Herre 1953:251 

 (Philippine Islands). Morice 1953a:37-39 (den- 

 tition; number of gill rakers and vertebrae), 

 fig. 5 (after Warfel 1950). Godsil 1955:22-35, 

 figs. 7-13, tables 4-6 (description, anatomy, five 

 Japanese specimens). Smith 1956:721 (Al- 

 dabra). Munro 1958a:113 (Western Australia), 

 fig. 755. Jones 1961:343,346, fig. 10 (158 mm. 

 juvenile, fig. 11 (80 mm juvenile). Jones and 

 Silas 1961:379-380 (Vizhingam and Cape 

 Comorin, Western India), fig. 6 (juvenile and 

 adult). Collette and Gibbs 1963b:30 (Indian 

 Ocean), pi. 9, upper fig. Jones and Silas 

 1963:1787 (distribution in Indian Ocean). 

 Kikawa et al. 1963:147-156 (species synopsis). 

 Thomas and Kumaran 1963:1667 (diet in In- 

 dian waters mostly fish). Boeseman 1964:465, 

 pi. 3, fig. 11 (lectotype of P. orientalis). Jones 

 and Kumaran 1964:357-358, 360, fig. 60 (after 

 Jones 1961). Jones and Silas 1964:26 (descrip- 

 tion), pi. 8A. Kumaran 1964:605 (diet 98% fish). 

 Rao 1964:736 (ripe ovaries). Nakamura and 

 Kikawa 1966:60-62 (infracentral grooves on 

 vertebrae). Sivasubramaniam 1967:29 (catch 

 in Ceylon), 44 (fig. 14, length-weight). Gnana- 

 muttu 1968:365 (Madras). Sivasubramaniam 

 1969:73-77 (description, biology; Ceylon), pi. 1 

 (photos of juvenile and adult). Nair et al 

 1970:13-17 (biology, description; India). 

 Nagabhushanam and Chandrasekhara Rao 

 1972:303 (Minicoy Atoll, Laccadive 

 Archipelago). 



Sarda chilensis (not of Cuvier 1831). Jordan and 

 Snyder 1904:125 (description; Honolulu). Jor- 

 dan et al. 1913:121 (Japan). Jordan and Jordan 

 1922:32 (occasional at Hawaii). Barnard 

 1927:801 (description; Natal coast, South 



Africa). Fowler 1928:134-135 (Hawaii). Chevey 



1934:45-46 (Tirant's Cambodia record). Tinker 



1944:160-161 (Hawaii). Brock 1949:275 (in key 



to Hawaiian scombrids). 

 Sarda chiliensis (not of Cuvier 1831). Fowler 



1938:277 (Honolulu). Fowler 1949:73 



(Honolulu). 

 Sarda orientalis serventyi Whitley 1945:41 



(original description; Western Australia). 



Whitley 1947:146, pi. 11, fig. 4 (holotype). 



Whitley 1948:24 (range in Western Australia). 



Whitley 1964a:236, 242 (Western Australia). 



Whitley 1964b:48 (listed). 



Sarda orientalis 

 Eastern Pacific 



Sarda chilensis (not of Cuvier 1831). Gilbert and 

 Starks 1904:68 (description; Panama City). 



Sarda chiliensis (not of Cuvier 1831). Herre 

 1936:107 (Galapagos). Erdman 1971:68-69 

 (Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica). 



Sarda velox Meek and Hildebrand 1923:320-321 

 (original description; Panama City), pi. 24. 

 Walford 1936:8-10 (description; recognized as 

 valid species). Walford 1937:23 (description), 

 col. pi. 38a. Schmitt and Schultz 1940:3 

 (Galapagos Islands [USNM 107055]). Fowler 

 1944:342 (Galapagos Islands [ANSP 82007, 

 89065]). Hildebrand 1946:374-375 (description; 

 Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru [USNM 127907]; 

 Galapagos; Pearl Islands, Panama). La Monte 

 1952:44, 46 (description), pi. 15. Morice 

 1953a:37 (listed). Godsil 1954:44-59 (descrip- 

 tion; anatomy; 4 Galapagos specimens), tables 

 6, 7 (counts and measurements), figs. 21-27 

 (morphometries), figs. 28-33 (anatomy), figs. 

 35-41 (osteology). Vildoso 1963b:1549-1556 

 (description; range). Laevastu and Rosa 

 1963:1844 (fig. 7, distribution map). 



Sarda orientalis. Fraser-Brunner 1950:147 {S. 

 velox a synonym of S. orientalis). de Sylva 

 1955:38, fig. 61 H (dorsal view of skull). Godsil 

 1955:36-42 (no significant anatomical 

 differences between S. velox and S. orientalis). 

 Ricker 1959a:13 (S. Baja California; Las Tres 

 Marias Islands). Silas 1964:296 (in part; in key 

 and on range map). Fitch and Craig 1964:202 

 (sagittae of three species of Sarda almost 

 identical). 



Comparative Diagnosis. -Sarrfa orientalis is 

 similar to S. australis and S. chiliensis in an equal 



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