NeoOuinnus hrcripinna, Postel, 19o0: C7-74 (descrip- 

 tion, biology; considered a good species distinct 

 from A'', albacora). 



Thimnus zacalles, Frascr-B runner, 1950: 142 (key to 

 Thunnus), 146, fig. 9. 



Thunnus alhacares, Ginsburg, 1953: 3-6 (synonymy, 

 description; the name alhacares restricted to the 

 E. Atlantic yellowfin). de Sylva, 1955: 33-40 

 (osteology, relationships), fig. 58 (neurocranium). 

 Bullis and Mather, 195G (counts, measurements, 

 key to Caribbean Thunnus), fig. 2. ^Mather and 

 Gibbs, 1957 : 242 (off New England). Rivas, 1961 : 

 136-139 (synon^Tuy, range). Schaefer, Broad- 

 head, and Orange, 1963 (biology; Pacific). Scjuire, 

 1963 (distribution; NW. Atlantic). Iwai and 

 Nakamura, 1964: 6, figs. 3G, H (olfactory ro- 

 settes). Tsuruta, 1964: 59-66 (morphometry; 

 Pacific and Indian oceans) . Williams, 1964: 115- 

 120 (E. Africa). Iwai et al, 1965: 11-15 (sjm- 

 onymy), 36-38 (description), figs. 20, 21. Naka- 

 mura, 1965: 20-22, figs. 3E, 9B, 10 (osteology). 

 Koyce, 1965 (morphometry). Mcrritt and Thorp, 

 196(): 375-376 (E. Africa). Nakamura and Ki- 

 kawa, 1966 (infracentral grooves). 



Thunnus calaUnac, Ginsburg, 1953: 8 (name used for 

 E. Pacific yellowfin). 



Neothunnus alhacares, Mather, 1954: 292 (SE. of 

 New York). Mather and Day, 1954: 184-185 

 (N. Brazil and W. Africa). 



Thunnus alhacares, Le Danois, 1954: 283-287 (his- 

 tory of nomenclature), 285-286 (partial syn- 

 onymy), 288-294 (biology; Pacific yellowfin recog- 

 nized as Thunnus albacores variety argentiviUatus) . 



Neothunnus albacora macropfrrus, Schultz, 1960: 

 414-415 (description of Bikini and Marianas 

 specimens), pi. 122 A. 



Thunnus alhacares macropterus, .Tones and Silas, 1 963 : 

 1793-1794 and 1964: 40-42 (Indian Ocean). 



Thunnus ilosihi, Jones and Silas, 1963: 1794-1795 

 and 1964: 42-43 (Indian Ocean). 



Types of Nominal Species 



Scomher alhacares Boniiaterre, 1788. No type 

 specimens. Original description based on Sloane 

 (1707, pp. 11-12; table 1, fig. 1). 



Scomber albacorus Lacepede, 1800. Substitute 

 name for Scomher alhacares Bonnaterre, 1788. 



Thynnus argentiviUatus Cuvier in Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, 1831. Syntypes :\INHN A.5567 (a 

 stuffed wliole skin; collected in the Atlantic Ocean 

 by Quoy and Gaimard) and A.o572 (a half skin, with 



glass eye, mounted on a lioard; sent by Dussumier 

 from the Indian Ocean). \ third specimen, A. 5814, 

 designated by Schaefer and Walford (1950) as lecto- 

 type, is not a syntypo liecause it was not mentioned 

 by Cuvier in the original description (cf. Bauchot 

 and Blanc, 1961, p. 376; Blanc and Bauchot, 1964, 

 p. 454). We have examinefl lioth syntypes and can- 

 not be certain what species they represent (see 

 discussion under Nominal Species). 



Scomber sloaneiCuv\cr in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 1831. No type specimens. Original descri|)tion 

 clearly based on Sloane (1707), plate 1, fig. 1, but 

 also referring to page 28, where Sloane refers to a 

 different fish (Scomhrus major torosus). Cuvier stated 

 that Scomber albacorus Lacepede, 1800, is not the 

 same as Scotnher sloanei, because Lacepede's descrip- 

 tion refers to page 1 1 of Sloane. This, however, is 

 the description of the fish, from the illustration of 

 which Cuvier drew his description. 



Thijnnus albacora Lowe, 1839. No type specimens. 



Thynnus macropterus Temminck and Schlegel, 

 1841. Original description clearly based on the 

 specimen figured in plate 51 , and not on the specimen 

 in the Kijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, 

 I>eiden, number 2552, considered by Boeseman (1947, 

 1961) as the holotype. In particular, Temminck 

 and Schlegel refer to the long second dorsal and 

 anal fins, which the pi-esumed holotype (fork length 

 670 mm. as measuretl bj' Gibbs in 1962) is too small 

 to have developed. 



We believe that this specimen shoukl not have 

 been considered as holotype of this species. The 

 specimen (a stuffed skin) is not a j^ellowfin tuna at 

 all, but is T. tongqol. The pectoral fin is 22 percent 

 of fork length and the snout to seconil dorsal dis- 

 tance is 50.7 percent, both characteristic of T. tonggol. 



Since we do not believe this specimen was used in 

 the original description and, therefore, is not a type, 

 we are saved the necessity of having to consider the 

 name tonggol Bleeker, 1851 as a junior synonym of 

 macropterus, which has been used more often than 

 has any other name for Pacific yellowfin tuna. 



Orci/nus suhulatus Poey, 1875. No type speci- 

 mens known to us. Original descrijjtion from an 

 1,800-mni. specimen, of which the head is figured 

 and might have been saved. 



Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920. No type speci- 

 men known to us. Original description from three 

 specimens: one taken by sjiearing in Biscayne Bay, 

 Miami, Fla. for which counts, proportions of body 

 parts, and color are given, but the length noted as a 



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