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Schroeder 1953:349; MCZ 37041, 560 mm FL). 

 Abundant in the West Indies. The range extends 

 south to at least Rio de Janeiro (Angra dos Reis, 

 Ribeiro 1915; Rio de Janeiro, MCZ 17269, BMNH 

 1903.6.9.79). 



Geographic variation. — Samples were adequate 

 to compare the morphometric data of three popu- 

 lations of S. caualla by ANCOVA (Table 14): 

 United States (n = 7-10), West Indies (n = 11-20), 

 and South America in = 17-23). Null hypotheses 

 that the 3 sets of regressions are coincident were 

 accepted for only 10 of 26 regressions, rejected for 

 the other 16. For 12 regressions (Sn-A, Sn-2D, Sn- 

 1D, Sn-P 2 , Sn-P 1; Pi-P 2 , Hd L, Sn (fleshy and 

 bony), maxilla L, postorbital, and interorbital), 

 all three populations were significantly different 

 from each other by the Newman-Keuls Multiple 

 Range Test. For these 12 regressions, there is a 

 cline from the United States to the West Indies to 

 South America, a decreasing cline in slopes. The 

 United States and West Indies populations dif- 

 fered in one additional regression (2D-C) and the 

 South America and the West Indies populations 

 differed in two additional regressions (maximum 

 depth and Ht 2D). No meristic differences were 

 found between the three populations, all usually 

 had 15 spines in the first dorsal fin, 9 or 10 gill 

 rakers on the first arch, and 42 vertebrae. 



Material examined. —Total 76 (126-1,160 mm FL). 



meas.: 54 (126-1,160): E United States (3); Fla. 



(7); Veracruz (1); West Indies (20) (*C. 



aceruum Cuvier, *C. immaculatum Cu- 



vier), Trinidad (3); Guyana (10); Suri- 



name(3); Brazil (7). 

 counts: 76. 

 diss.: 7 (557-909): Chesapeake Bay (1); Miami 



(4); Panama City, Fla. (2). 



Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede) 



Narrow-Barred King Mackerel 



Figure 52 



Scomber commerson Lacepede 1800:598, 600-603 

 (original description after a figure from Com- 

 merson's manuscripts), pi. 20, fig. 1. 



Scomber Konam Russell 1803:27-28 (description; 

 Vizigapatam, Coromandel coast of India), pi. 

 135. 



Scomber Commersonii. Shaw 1803:589 (descrip- 

 tion after Lacepede), pi. 85 (bottom fig.). 



Scomber Maculosus Shaw 1803:592 (original de- 

 scription based on the Konam of Russell 1803, 

 pi. 135). 



Cybium Commerson{i)(ii). Cuvier 1829:200 

 (listed in footnote after Sc. Commersonii Lace- 

 pede). Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes 

 1831:165-170 (description, earlier references; 

 Pondichery and Malabar, India; Mauritius). 

 Richardson 1846:268 (range, references). 

 Bleeker 1853:42 (Malabar and Pondichery, In- 

 dia; Mauritius, Red Sea, China). Giinther 

 1860:370 (synonymy, description; Malayan 

 Peninsula and Cape Seas). Playfair and Giin- 

 ther 1866:67 (Zanzibar and E coast of Africa). 

 Klunzinger 1871:494-495 (description, range). 

 Bleeker 1873:131 (China, listed). Bleeker 

 1874:100 (Mauritius, listed). Day 1878:255- 

 256 (synonymy, description, range), pi. 56, fig. 

 5. Bleeker 1879:18 (Mauritius, listed). Cas- 

 telnau 1879:352 (Port Jackson, Australia; 

 listed). Kent 1893:229 (Great Barrier Reef, 

 Australia), pi. 46, fig. 1. Kishinouye 1923:416- 

 418 (synonymy, C. multifasciatum Kishinouye 

 a synonym of C. commerson ; description, anat- 

 omy; Japan, Taiwan, and S China), pi. 22, fig. 

 36 (adult). Reeves 1927:8 (NE China and Ko- 

 rea; listed). Umali 1936:98-99 (food fish; Phil- 

 ippine Is.), fig. 59. Umali 1938:182 (fishery; 



FIGURE 52. — Scomberomorus commerson. Queensland, 968 mm FL. (From Munro 1943:pl. 6B.) 



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