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were found between morphometric features for the 

 eastern Pacific population and other populations. 



Auxis rochet rochei (Risso, 1810) 



Fig. 13, A and B 



Scomber Rochei Risso, 1810:165-167 (original de- 

 scription, Nice); holotype MNHN A. 5808, Nice). 



Scomber Bisus Rafihesque, 1810a:45, pi. II (upper 

 fig. ) (original description, Sicily); no type material. 

 Rafinesque, 1810b:20 (Sicily). 



Thynnus rocheanus: Risso, 1826:417-419. 



Auxis vulgaris Cuvier, 1831, in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1831:139-146, pi. 216 (original descrip- 

 tion, Mediterranean); syntypes: MNHN A. 5808, 

 A. 5815, not located by Bauchot and Blanc, 

 1961:375, Blanc and Bauchot, 1964:453 or Collette, 

 1966, but recently located in the MNHN collections 

 during transfer of fishes to the new storage building. 



Auxis thynnoides Bleeker, 1855:301 (original descrip- 

 tion, Ternate, Indonesia); holotype: RMNH 6049 

 (see Boeseman, 1964:464-465, pi. 3 fig. 9). Jones 

 1958:192-193, fig. 2 (India). Matsumoto, 1960a: 



Figure 1 3 



Type specimens of Auxis rochei. (Ai Holotype of Scomber rochei Risso, 1810 and lectotype of Auxis 

 vulgaris Cuvier, 1831; MNHN A. 5808; 395 mm FL; Mediterranean Sea, Nice. (B) Holotype of Auxis 

 ramsayi Castelnau, 1879; MNHN A. 1241; 290 mm FL; Australia, Sydney. (C) Holotype of Auxis rochei 

 eudorax n. ssp.; LACM 6712-1; 330 mm FL; California, 23 Fathom Bank. 



