424 KAMAKICHI KISHINOUYE: 



tlmt tlie fisher}- iu autumn iu the Inknd Sea will lie remunemble to open- 

 boat drifters. 



Genus Sarda Cuvier. 



Sarda, Cuvier, 1829; Jordan & Evermanu, 1895. 

 Pclamys, Cut. & Val., 1831 ; Günther, 1860. 



Body elongate, but rather short and compressed in young specimens. 

 Scales minute, and a small coiselet more or less distinct. The caudal keel is 

 thick and naked. Teeth in both jaws are large, compressed, and strongly curved 

 inward, but not ti-enehant. Near the anterior end of the lower jaw, the row 

 <jf teeth is bent inwards and approaches the symphysis. Vomer is toothless, 

 but a single row of rather sti-ong and curved teeth on the jDalatiues. Tongue 

 also toothless. Many dark, longitudimil, moi"e or less oblique stripes are found 

 in the dorsal part of the body. Vertebrae of the caudal peduncle have lateral 

 keels. Voracious fish of rather .small size in subtropical aud ti-.)pical w^^,tel•s 

 of both Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Pelaj^ic. 



Sarda orientalis (Schlegel i. 



Hagatsuwo, hohzau, kitsunegatsuwo, sabagatsuwo, shi magatsmvo, 

 snjigatsuwo, tohzan, etc. 



Figs. 11, 17, 33, 42. 



Felamys orientulis, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss,, 9J, Tab. 52, 1850; Criinther, Cat. Brit. 



Mus. II, 368, 1860. 

 S'lrdd chilensis var. orientalis, Stendachner <fc Doderleiu. Ueitr. z. Kennt, il. Fisch. Japan., 



Ill, 11, 1883. 

 Sanla orieyttalis, Kishinouye, Sui. Gak. Ho, I, 12, PI. 1. Fig. 7, 1915. 



D. 19, 15, 7-8. A. 15, 5-6. Gill-rakers 4 + 9. Vert. 25 + 20. 



Body elongated fusiform in adult specimens, but rather short and com- 

 pressed in young specimens. Mouth wide, maxillary reaching beyond the 

 orbit, with large curved and compressed teeth. Teeth in jaws are more or 

 less unequal in size. About 16 in the upper, and 10-13 iu the lower jaw. 

 Groove in the skin from the corner of the mouth is present, as in the tunnies. 

 Posterior uosti-il is a mere sht. Scales minute. Lateral line undulating 

 slightly, and has a peculiar, wave-like lx;nd over the pectoral fin. 



Stomach long, with more th:in twenty longitudinal folds. Intestine 



