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FIGURE 62.— Scomberomorus niphonius. Japan, 719 mm FL, USNM 268909. 



column). Boeseman 1947:95-96 (specimens in 

 Burger's collection). 



Cybium gracile Gunther 1873:378-379 (original 

 description; Cheefo, China). Morice 1953:37 

 (tongue smooth). 



Scomberomorus niphonius. Steindachner and 

 Doderlein 1884:180-181 (description; Japan). 

 Jordan et al. 1913:121 (Japanese common 

 names). Kamiya 1922:14-15, 26-32 (eggs and 

 larvae; Japan), pi. IV-V, figs. 1-24 (develop- 

 mental sequence of eggs and larvae). Kamiya 

 1924:35 (eggs). Tanaka 1927:154-157 (descrip- 

 tion from 530 mm specimen from Tokyo mar- 

 ket), pi. 42, figs. 163 and 164, pi. 44, fig. 173. 

 Soldatov 1929:5 (listed). Munro 1943:67-68, 71 

 (subgenus Sawara). Fraser-Brunner 1950: 

 157-158 (description, range; "Scomber" gracile a 

 synonym of S. niphonius), fig. Okada 1955: 

 149 (description, range, biology), fig. 136 (after 

 Kishinouye). Mori 1956:23 (Kasumi, Hamada; 

 S. Japan Sea). Mito 1960:79, 93 (eggs compared 

 with those of S. commerson). Mito 1961:457 

 (eggs and larvae). Tominaga 1964:vol. 1, pi. 

 198 (figure; anatomy), vol. 3:256-257 (descrip- 

 tion, habits, distribution). Jones and Silas 

 1964:52-54 (description, synonymy, range; in 

 part, only Chinese and Japanese specimens). 

 Gorbunova 1965a:53 (spawning season). Sha 

 et al. 1966:1-12 (eggs and larvae), figs. Mito 

 1966:22-23 (fig. 15a, egg), 46-47 (fig. 26, lar- 

 va). Mito 1967:41 (vertical distribution of lar- 

 vae). * Hamada and Iwai 1967:1013-1020 (fish- 

 ing seasons, length-weight, growth; Inland Sea 

 of Japan), pi. 1 (otoliths). Kamohara 1967:43 

 (description, range in part), color pi. 22, fig. 

 2. Tokida and Kobayashi 1967:158 (identifica- 

 tion of C. niphonium from Uchimura's unpub- 

 lished 1884 manuscript). Kim 1970:37-40 (age 

 determination; Korea). Uyeno 1971:79 (Japan 

 Sea). Richards and Klawe 1972:14 (range), 93 

 (references to eggs and larvae). Shiino 1972:71 

 (common name). Magnuson 1973:350 (short 



pectoral fin). Kusaka 1974:146 (urohyal), fig. 

 269. Anonymous 1975:184 (description, range), 

 map of fishery, color fig. Masuda et al. 1975:79 

 (fig. G, color photograph), 256 (range). Uyeno 

 and Fuji 1975:14 (characters of caudal complex). 

 Shiino 1976:231 (common name). Klawe 1977: 

 2 (common name, range). Collette 1979:24 

 (characters, range). Collette and Russo 1979: 

 13 (diagnostic characters, range). Liu 1981: 

 129-137 (age and growth). Zhang and Zhang 

 1981:104 (range in part). *Liu et al. 1982:170- 

 178 (age and growth; Yellow Sea). *Wang 

 1982:51-55 (catch, length-weight, management; 

 Yellow Sea). Cressey et al. 1983:264 (host- 

 parasite list, 4 copepod species). Lee and Yang 

 1983:230 (Taiwan), fig. 20 (619 mm FL). Col- 

 lette and Nauen 1983:72-73 (description, range), 

 fig. Ye and Zhu 1984 (bioeconomics). 



Sawara niphonia. Jordan and Hubbs 1925:214 

 ( new genus Sawara ; specimen from Kobe mar- 

 ket). Reeves 1927:9 (Ningpo, Peitaiho, China; 

 listed). Mori 1928:5 (Fusan, Korea). Solda- 

 tov and Lindberg 1930:112 (synonymy, descrip- 

 tion, range). Suyehiro 1942:123-124 (intestine 

 straight), fig. 78 (pyloric caeca). Honma 1952: 

 143 (Echigo Prov. = Niigata Pref., Japan). 

 Mori 1952:136 (Fusan, Masan, Quelpart I., Ko- 

 rea; listed). Nalbant 1970:58 (Kamchatka?). 



Scomberomorus gracileus (sic). Reeves 1927:8 

 (Cheefo, Chinwangtao, China; listed). 



Types of nominal species. — Cybium niphonium 

 Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1831 was 

 based on a figure of a specimen from Japan, 

 no type-specimens extant (Blanc and Bauchot 

 1964:449). 



Cybium gracile Gunther 1873. Holotype: 

 BMNH 1873.9.23.4; Cheefoo, N China; R. Swin- 

 hoe; 547 mm FL; D XX + 16+ IX; A 18 + VIII; Pi 

 22-23; RGRi 2 + 1 + 10 = 13; vertebrae 22 + 27 = 49. 



Diagnosis. — The only species of Scomberomorus 



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