vertebrae varied between larval size groups in one area, 

 the author suggested that vertebral numbers may serve as 

 indigenous tag. 



1958. Morphological studies of the saury, 



Cololabis saira (Brevoort). Tohoku 



Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. 11: 38-46. (In 



Japanese with English summary.) 



Body length, head length, body height, number of f Inlets, 



number of rays in dorsal and anal fins, and gill raker 



dimensions were obtained from larvae, young, and adults 



captured in the Izu Sea area and the Northeastern Sea 



region of Japan. The number of soft rays and flnlets 



became constant when the larvae reached 2 cm. in body 



length. Formulas that describe the growth of larval and 



postlarval stages are presented. 



1962a. Distribution of larvae of the saury, 

 Cololabis saira (Brevoort), in the sur- 

 rounding Sea of Japan. Bull. Tohoku 

 Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. 20: 67-93. (In 

 Japanese with English summary.) 

 The larvae and young fish collected with a surface net 

 during a 13-year study were divided into four groups based 

 on morphological changes: (1) postlarval group I — under 

 10 mm. in body length, including prelarvae and smaller 

 postlarvae, (2) postlarval group II — 10 to 25 mm., 

 (3) juvenescent group — 25 to 50 mm., and (4) young fish 

 over 50 mm. Postlarval fish were collected primarily 

 during fall and spring, indicating that there are two main 

 spawning seasons each year. Areas having concentrations 

 of larvae are reported. 



1962b. Analysis of population of the saury, 

 basing on the vertebral charactor. Part 

 I. On the number of vertebrae of the 

 saury caught in the fall fishing season. 

 Bull. Tohoku Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. 21; 

 38-49. (In Japanese with English sum- 

 mary.) 

 Vertebral counts were made on 28,280 saury collected 

 from the Northeastern Sea region off Japan during 1956-61. 

 The average number of vertebrae for medium-sized fish 

 (25-28 cm.) was 64.7 to 64.9, whereas that for large fish 

 (30 cm.) was 65.0 to 65.3, suggesting population differ- 

 ences between the two groups. Significant variations in 

 the vertebral counts between year classes of each group 

 was attributed to variations in environmental conditions 

 between years and spawning areas. 



PARIN, N. V. 



I960. Areal sairy ( Cololabis saira Brev.-- 

 Scombresocidae, Pisces) i znachenie 

 okeanograficheskikh faktorov dlya ee 

 rasprostraneniya (The range of the saury 

 ( Cololabis saira Brev.--Scombresoci- 

 dae, Pisces) and effects of ocean- 

 ographic features on its distribution). 

 Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 130(3): 649-652. 

 (Translation by Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries Ichthyological Laboratory, 

 U.S. Department of the Interior, Wash- 

 ington, D.C.) 



The author reported that the California and Japanese 

 saury are probably not separate species as previously 

 believed. The distribution of saury Is described asamphi- 

 Paclfic. Results of several Russian research cruises 

 Indicate that their distribution Is limited only by water 

 temperatures (spawning temperatures of 13°-20o c, and 

 feeding temperatures of 9°-17° C.) and by the availability 

 of food and spawning grounds. Information on the distri- 

 bution, abundance, and size of saury In the Pacific Ocean, 

 including waters off the American coast. Is given for 

 various times of the year. 



POTAPOVA, G. A. 



1965. Literatura po rybokhozyaistvennym 

 issledovaniyam v severo-vos-tochnoi 

 chasti Tikhogo okeana (Literature on 

 fishery research in the northeast Pacific 

 Ocean). Tr. Vses. Nauch.-issled. Inst. 

 Morsk. Ryb. Khoz. Okeanogr. (Izv. 

 TINRO 53): 58: 311-345. (Translation 

 pp. 297-373 in "Soviet fisheries investi- 

 gations in the northeast Pacific, Part 

 IV," available at Clearinghouse for 

 Federal Science Technical Information, 

 Springfield, Va. 22151, TT 67-51206.) 

 The author compiled 1,065 references on Soviet fishing 



operations In the Pacific Ocean. The titles of several 



articles on saury are included. 



RADOVICH, JOHN, and EARL D. GIBBS. 



1954. The use of a blanket net in sampling 

 fish populations. Calif. Fish Game 40: 

 353-365. 

 The operation of a blanket net is described, and its pos- 

 sible use as a standard sampling device for pelagic spe- 

 cies discussed. The net caught Pacific saury at one fishing 

 station near the coast of Baja California. 



ROMANOV, N. S. 



1959. Ukazatel' literatury po rybnomu 

 khozyaistvu Dal'nego Vostoka za 1923- 

 1956 gg (Annotated bibliography on Far 

 Eastern aquatic fauna, flora, and fish- 

 eries). Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk 

 SSSR, Moscow, 290 pp. (Translation 

 available at Clearinghouse for Federal 

 Science Technical Information, Spring- 

 field, Va. 22151, TT 64-11101.) 

 The author compiled and annotated 3,700 articles. The 

 2,931 articles on fishes and fisheries are believed to 

 include much of the Soviet publications related to these 

 fields that were published between 1923 and 1956. Very few 

 of the 46 articles that deal with Pacific saury are detailed 

 studies. 



SCHULTZ, LEONARD P. 



1940. The Pacific saury, Cololabis saira 



Brevoort from the North Pacific Ocean. 



Copeia 1940: 270. 

 Five young saury were collected in midocean between 

 San Diego, California, and the Hawaiian Islands. The 

 author believes that these records further substantiate 

 a previous conclusion by Hubbs (1916) that the eastern and 

 western Pacific saury are the same species and range 

 throughout the North Pacific Ocean. 



