ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Explanation of symbols 



[C] = references listed by Corwin (see Corwin 1930, p. 5) that could not be verified. 



[J] —published in Japanese only. 

 [JE] = published in Japan but written in English. 

 [ Je] = written in Japanese with English abstract. 



[P] = accession to the library of the Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations. 



[For an explanation of the abbreviation see Itst, p. 25] 



Abe, Tokihaku. 

 1939. A list of the fishes of the Palao Islands. Palao 

 Trop. Biol. Sta. Studies, No. 4, p. .jGT. [JE] [P] 

 Ocrmo macroplcrus, Kafstiiconus pelamys, Thuimus 

 thynnics: recorded; distribution. 



AlKAWA, HiROAKI. 



193.3. Fisliery conditions on the Pacific Coast for skip- 

 jack, tuna, and sauries. Proc. Sci. Fish. Assoc., vol. 



5, No. 4, pp. 3.J4-369. [J] [P] 



Alhacore, big-eyed tuna, black tuna, skipjack, yel- 

 lowfin tuna : fishing conditions correlated with sur- 

 face water temperature. 



1937. Notes on the shoal of bonito along the Pacific 

 Coast of Japan. Bull. Japanese Soc. Sci. Fish., vol. 



6, No. 1, pp. 13-21. [Je] [P] 



Age analysis and size composition of skipjack 

 catches; stock and population relationships; use 

 of condition factor in separating migratory and 

 nonmigratory fish. 

 AiKAWA, Hlkoaki, and Masao Kato. 



1938. Age determination of fish. I. BuU. Japanese Soc. 

 Sci. Fish., vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 79-88. [Je] [P] 



Germo genno, Katsinconus vagans, Neothunnus 

 macroptenis, Tliunnus oricnfalis: age analysis using 

 vertebrae ; age composition of commercial catch ; 

 calculated length and weight groups ; body condi- 

 tion; growth rate; morpliometric data. 

 Anonymous. 



1938. Status of the investigation of tuna longline fish- 

 ing grounds in the South China Sea. Formosa Fish. 

 Mag., No. 279, pp. 10-19. [J] 



Alhacore, yellowfin tuna : body temperatures ; dis- 

 tribution ; length-weight data ; sexual maturity ; 

 stomach contents ; figured. 



1939. Marked fish. Semi-Ann. Rpt. Oceanogr. Invest., 

 No. &5, p. 137. [J] 



Skipjack : Japan ; release records of tagged fish. 

 1941. Pacific skipjack indigenous to Sulu Sea. South 

 Sea Fish., vol. 7, No. 5, p. 5.5. [J] [P] 

 Distributional note. 

 -VSANO, N.\gao. 



1939. Food of the alhacore, Germo germo (LacSpMe). 

 South Sea Fish. News, vol. 3, No. 7, pp. 10-11. [J] [P] 

 South Seas; stomach contents; AuxU sp. recorded 

 as food. 



Ban, Yoshinori. 

 1941. Search for southern tuna fishing grounds. South 

 Sea Fish., vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 10-21. [J] [P] 



Yellowfin tuna; South Seas; fishing conditions 

 correlated with oceanography ; stomach contents : 

 age analysis ; sexual maturity. 

 Barnhart, Percy. 



1936. Marine fishes of Southern California. Univ. Cali- 

 fornia Press, Berkeley, pp. 36-37. 



Auxis thazard, Katstnrotiiis pelamis, Germo ala- 

 liinga, Neothuniuis macroptcrits, Thiinnus thynnus: 

 description ; distribution ; English common names ; 

 figures. 

 Bennett, Fbedebick Debell. 



1840. Narrative of a whaling voyage around the globe, 

 from the year 1833 to 1S36. Vol. 2, pp. 278-282. 

 London. 



Scomber germo: description ; anatomy of reproduc- 

 tive system; food; enemies. Scomber pelamys: 

 description ; parasites. 

 Berg, Leo S. 



1947. Classification of fishes both recent and fossil. 

 J. W. Edwards Co., Ann Arbor, pp. 491-492. 



Anatomy and classification of Thunniformes 

 (Plecostei). 

 Bleekeb, Pieter. 



1844. Bijdragen tot de geiieeskundige topographic van 

 Batavia. Generisch overzicht der fauna. Nat. 

 Geneesk. Arch. Neerland's Indie, vol. 1, p. 5.53. 



Tliynnus: recorded. 



1845. Bijdragen tot de geneeskundige topographic van 

 Batavia. Generisch overzicht der Fauna. Nat. 

 Geneesk. Arch. Neerland's Indie, vol. 2, p. 516. 



Aiixis taso: recorded. 

 1850. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna 

 van Midden-en Oost-Java, met besehrijving van eenige 

 nieuwe species. Verb. Batavia Genoot. Kunst. 

 Wetens., vol. 23, p. 8. 



Attxis taso: recorded. 

 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der makreelachtige vlsschen 

 van den Soenda-Moluksdien Archipel. Verb. Batavia 

 Genoot. Kunst. Wetens., vol. 24, pp. 36-37, 89. 



Thynnus macroptenis, T. thunnina, and T. tonggol: 



recorded from Dutch East Indies ; description and 



synonymy of T. tonggol. 



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