(1951) reported the species off the coast of Vene- 

 zuela. Rodrigues Lima and Wise (1903) reported 

 catches from 10° N. to 32° S. off the coast of Brazil, 

 with a concentration near 15° S. There are no 

 records for the Gulf of Mexico. In the eastern 

 Atlantic, it has been found from the Orkney Islands 

 north of Scotland (Clarke, 1900; Tucker, 19.55), 

 south to Angola off west African coast (Vilela and 

 Monteiro, 1959) and in the Mediterranean Sea. The 

 range may extend south to South Africa, because 

 Talbot and Penrith (1902, 1903) have found a con- 

 tinuous distribution around South Africa. On the 

 other hand, the South African population may be of 

 Indian Ocean origin. 



The distribution in the Indian and Pacific oceans 

 was mapped by Yoshida and Otsu (1903) and liy 

 Suda, Koto, and Kumc (1903). T. alalunga is 

 found across the Indian Ocean from East Africa to 

 Australia between about 10° N. and 30° S. Its 

 range in the western Pacific extends from about 

 45° X., off the coast of Hokkaido, south to 40° S., 

 off the southern tip of Australia. Longline fishing 

 has indicated a fairly continuous distribution be- 

 tween 30° N. and 20° S., eastward past the Hawaiian 

 Islands. In the eastern Pacific, it is known from 

 about 50° X., off Vancouver Island, British Columbia 

 (Cowan, 1938; Samson, 1940), south to about 42° S. 

 (Japan Fishery Agency, 1904, 1905). 



THUNNUS ALBACARES (Bonnaterre, 1788) 

 YELLOWFIN TUNA 



Albacores or Thi/nni Sloane, 1707: 11 (description; 

 Madeira), fig. 1. 



Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788: 140 (original 

 description based on drawing by Sloane). 



Scomber albacorus Lacepetle, 1800: 599 and 1802: 

 48-49 (substitute name for Scomber albacares 

 Bonnaterre, 1788). 



Thynnus argentiviilatus Cuvicr in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1831 : 97-98 (original description; Atlantic 

 and Pacific). Gunthcr, 1860: 300. 



Scomber Sloanci Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 1831 : 148 (original description based on Sloane). 



Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839: 77-78 (original de- 

 scription; Madeira) and 1849: 2 (repeat of original 

 description). Giinther, 1800: 305. Cunning- 

 ham, 1910: 110-112 (synonymy, description; St. 

 Helena), fig. 4. 



Thynnus macropterus Temminck and Schlegel, 1844: 

 98-99 (original description; Japan), pi. 51. 



Kishinouye, 1915: 19 (description, anatomy; 

 Japan), pi. 1, fig. 12. 



Thunnus argentivittalus, South, 1845: 022. Rivas, 

 1951: 221-222 (synonymy). 



Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875: 145-140 (original 

 description; Cuba), pi. 3, fig. 4 (head), fig. 5 

 (scale). 



Orcynus albacora, Poej', 1875: 145. 



Orcynus macropterus, Kitahara, 1897: 2 (de.scri])- 

 tion; Japan), pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Gcrmo macropterus, Jordan and Snyder, 1901: 04 

 (Nagasaki). Jordan and Seale, 1900: 228 

 (Samoa). .Ionian and Jordan, 1922: 32-33 (Ha- 

 waii). 



Thunnus macropterus, .Ionian et al., 1913: 121 

 (.lapan). Kishinouye, 1915 (description, anatomy; 

 Japan), dc Beaufort, 1951: 223-225 (synonymy, 

 description), fig. 39. Ginsburg, 1953: 8-10 (re- 

 striction of name macropterus to W. Pacific yellow- 

 fin). 



Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920: 9-10 (original 

 description; Miami, Fla.), figure (uniumibered). 



Gcrmo argentiviltatus, Xichols and Murphy, 1922: 

 507 (Peru). 



Gcrmo allisoni, Nichols, 1923: 3 (Christmas Island). 



Neothunnus macropterus, Kishinouye, 1923: 440-448 

 (anatomy; Japan; placed in new genus Neothun- 

 nus), figs. 13, 19, 23, 45, 51. Jordan and Ilubbs, 

 1925: 219 (Japan). Jordan and iMcnnann, 1920: 

 20-21 (description), pi. 5. Herre, 193(5: 100-107 

 (synonymy; Galapagos, Philippines, Jajian; no 

 species diflcrcnccs between long- and short-finned 

 yellowfin). Walfonl, 1937: 3-7 (description: Pa- 

 cific Allison tuna merely old yellowfin), color pi. 

 33. Serventy, 1941: 25-20 (description; Aus- 

 tralia), pi. 2. Godsil and Byers, 1944: 46-09 

 (anatomy; comparison of Pacific sijocimens), figs. 

 20-35, 70-70. Tinker, 1944: l.W-lOO (Hawaii), 

 1)1. 1. fig. 5. Godsil, 1948 (morphometry; Japan, 

 Hawaii, E. Pacific). Schaefer, 1948 (morphom- 

 etry; Pacific Costa Rica). Brock, 1949: 27(5 (key 

 to Hawaiian tunas). Schaefer and Walford, 1950 

 (compai'ison of yellowfin from Angola and Pacific 

 coast of Central America). Godsil and Green- 

 hood, 1951 (comparison of E. and central Pacific 

 specimens). Schaefer, 1952 (comparison of Ha- 

 waiian and W. Pacific specimens). Roj-ce, 1953 

 (morphometry; Pacific; an east-west cline across 

 the Pacific in some characters). Tsuruta, 1954 

 (morphometry; SW. Pacific). Schaefer, 1955 

 (comparisons of specimens from SJ'l Polj'nesia, 



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