SYNOPSES OF FISHERIES BIOLOGICAL DATA 



This is one of a series of documents issued by FAO, CSIRO and USFWS concerning species and stocks of 

 aquatic organisms of present or potential economic interest. The primary purpose of this series is to make 

 existing information readily available to fishery scientists according to a standard pattern and by so doing 

 also to draw attention to gaps in knowledge. It is hoped that synopses in this series will be useful to otner 



as revisions of the entire document or their specific chapters 

 The relevant series of documents are: 

 FAO 



CSIRO 

 USFWS FAO 



FR/S 



FB/S 



DFO/S 



Fisheries Synopsis No. 



(replacing, as from 1.1.63 FAO Fisheries Biology Synopsis) 



Fisheries Synopsis No. 



and 

 Fisheries Synopsis No. BCF/S 



Synopses in these series are compiled according tea standard outline described in Flb/Sl Rev. 1 (1965). 



FAO, CSIRO and USFWS are working to secure the co-operation of other organizations and of individual 

 scientists in drafting synopses on species about which they have knowledge, and welcome offers of help in 

 this task. Additions and corrections to synopses already issued will also be most welcome. Comments in- 

 cluding suggestions for the expansion of the outline and requests for information should be addressed to the 

 co-ordinators and editors of the issuing organizations: 



FaO: Fishery Resources and Exploitation Division 



Marine Biology and Environnnent Branch 

 Food and Agriculture Organization 

 of the United Nations 



Via delle Terme di Caracalla 

 00100 Rome, Italy 



USFWS: L. W. Scattergood 



Chief, Branch of Reports 



U.S. Department of the Interior 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 1801 N Moore St. 



Arlington, Va. 22209 

 U. S. A. 



CSIRO: Maureen A. Wright 



Scientific Editor 



CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography 

 Box 21 



Cronulla, N.S.W. 

 2230 Australia 



lists of species or groups covered by synopses issued to date or in preparation will be 

 to time. Requests for copies of synopses should be addressed to the issuing organization. 



The following synopses in this series have been issued since January 1968: 



Synopsis of biological data on the Norway pout Trisopterus esmarkii 

 (Nilsson) 1855 



FRi/S36 Synopsis of biological data on the bream Abramis brama (L.) 



FRm/S34 Synopsis of biological data on the blue whiting Micromesistius 



Rev. 1 poutassou (Risso) 1810. 



FRm/S37 Synopsis of biological data on the Malayan anchovy Stolephorus 



pseudoheterolobus Hardenberg 1933 



FRiin/S38 Synopsis of biological data on Ascophvllum nodosum (Linnaeus) 



Le Jolis 



FRm/S39 Synopsis of biological data on Monostroma latissimum Wittrock in 



Japanese cultivation 



BCF/S40 Synopsis of biological data on the Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus 



Houttuyn (Northeast Pacific) 



Consolidated 

 issued from time 



FRm/S33 

 Rev, 1 



January 1968 

 February 1968 



July 1968 



April 1968 



August 1968 



August 1968 



February 1969 



