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Figure 9 



Type specimens of Auxis thazard. (A) Neotype of Scomber thazard Lacepede, 1800; USNM 265418; 274 

 mm FL; Indonesia, Moluccas, Halmahera I. (B) Holotype of Auxis thazard brachydorax n. ssp.; USNM 

 320406; 352 mm FL; 7°51'N, 99°51'W. 



acters: CW, P1L, 2Dor, and Aor. ANCOVA showed 

 differences that were significant at the 0.01 level of 

 significance for three morphometric characters: AOR, 

 P1L, and CW, further supporting recognition of an 

 eastern Pacific subspecies of A. thazard. 



Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepede, 1 800) 

 Fig. 9A 



Scomber thazard Lacepede, 1800:599 (original de- 

 scription) Lacepede, 1801:9-13 (description, off 

 New Guinea); no type-specimens extant. 



Auxis taso Commerson, 1831 in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1831:146-148 (original description based 

 on Scomber taso Commerson, New Guinea). 



Auxis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1854:408-409 (original 

 description, Nagasaki, Japan); holotype: RMNH 

 6050 (see Boeseman, 1964:465, pi. 3, fig. 10). 



Auxis thazard: Dresslar and Fesler, 1889:434 (syn- 

 onymy, in part). Jordan and Evermann, 1896:867- 

 868 (synonymy, in part). Wade, 1949:230-231, fig. 



1 (comparison of both species, Philippines), figs. 

 3-6 (juveniles, 23.1-57.2 mm FL). Fraser-Brunner, 

 1950, synonymy, in part: 152. Jones, 1958:190-192 

 (India). Matsumoto, 1960a:174-175, fig. 2 (com- 

 parison of both species, Hawaii). Jones and Silas, 

 1961:377-378, fig. 3. Fitch and Roedel, 1963:1329- 

 1342, fig. 1 (generic review). Jones and Silas, 

 1963:1781-1786; 1964:20-22 (India). Tortonese, 

 1963 (Mediterranean population differs from Indo- 

 Pacific populations of wide-corseleted Auxis). 

 Richards and Randall, 1967:245-247, fig. 1 (first 

 western Atlantic records). Chi and Yang, 1972 (os- 

 teology, morphology, Taiwan). Richards and Klawe, 

 1972:68-69 (references to eggs and young). Uchida, 

 1981 (species synopsis). Gorbunova, 1974:48-50 

 (description of larvae, Pacific and Indian oceans, 

 fig. 12). Collette and Nauen, 1983:30-31 (syn- 

 onymy, description, distribution, fig.). Robins and 

 Ray, 1986:261 (W. Atlantic), pi. 48 (color fig.). 

 Richards, 1989:32-33 (description of larvae, west- 

 ern central Atlantic; figs, of 7 larvae 4.5 mm NL to 

 25.0 mm SL). 



