FISHERIES SYNOPSES 



This series of documents, Issued by FAO. CSIRO, INP, and NMFS, contains comprehensive reviews of present knowledge on 

 species and stocl<s of aquatic organisms of present or potential economic interest. The Fishery Resources and Environment 

 Division of FAO is responsible for the overall coordination of the series. The primary purpose of this series Is to make existing In- 

 formation 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 other scientists Initiating Investigations of the species con- 

 cerned or of related ones, as a means of exchange of knowledge among those already working on the species, and as the basis 

 for comparative study of fisheries resources. They will be brought up to date from time to time as further Information becomes 

 available. 



The documents of this series are Issued under the following titles: 



FAO 

 CSIRO 

 INP 

 NMFS 



FItherie* SynopsI* No. 

 Fisheries Synopsis No. 

 Sinopsis sobre la Pesca No. 

 Fisheries Synopsis No. 



Symbol 



FIR/S 



DFO/S 



INP/S 



NMFS/S 



Synopses In this series are compiled according to a standard outline described in Flb/S1 Rev. 1 (1965). FAO, CSIRO, 

 INP, and NMFS are working to secure the cooperation 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 synopsM 

 already Issued will also be most welcome. Comments on Individual synopses and requests for Information should be ad- 

 dressed to the coordinators and editors of the Issuing organizations, and suggestions regarding the expansion or modification 

 of the outline to FAO: 



FAO: 



CSIRO: 



Fishery Resources and Environment Division 

 Aquatic Resources Survey and Evaluation Service 

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

 Via delle Terme di Caracalla 

 00100 Rome, Italy 



CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography 



Box 21 



Cronulla, N.S.W. 2230 



Australia 



INP: 



NMFS: 



Institute Nacionai de Pesca 

 Subsecretaria de Pesca 

 Secretaria de Pesca 

 Secretaria de Industria y Comercio 

 Carmona y Vaile 101 -403 

 Mexico?, D.F. 



Scientific Editor 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory 



P.O. Box 155 



Auke Bay, AK 99821 



U.S.A. 



Consolidated lists of species or groups covered by synopses issued to date or in preparation will be Issued from time to time. 

 Requests for copies of synopses should be addressed to the issuing organization; except for NMFS/S copies, these can be pur- 

 chased from National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 

 22151. 



The following synopses in this series have been issued since January 1978: 



NMFS/S 116 Synopsis of biological data on the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus) 



NMFS/S 117 Synopsis of biological data for the winter flounder, Pseudopleuronecles 



americanus (Waibaum) 



NMFS/S 123 Synopsis of biological data on the rock crab. Cancer irroratus Say 



NMFS/S 118 Synopsis of biological data on bonltos of the genus Sarda 



NMFS/S 122 Synopsisof biological data on tunas of the genus £ufhynnus 



NMFS/S 121 Synopsis of biological data on striped bass, Morone sexatilis (Waibaum) 



May 1978 



November 1978 



May 1979 



May 1980 



October 1979 



June 1980 



