Indexed Bibliography of the Eggs and Young of Tunas and 

 Other Scombrids (Pisces, Scombridae), 1880-1970.' 



by 

 WILLIAM J. RICHARDS^' and WITOLD L. KLAWE^ 



ABSTRACT 



This bibliography enumerates reports on the early life history of tunas and other 

 scombrid fishes published before 1971. All the entries are indexed, usually by species, 

 but on occasion by a larger taxononiic unit, and within each taxonomic unit the entries 

 are indexed by one or more subjects. 



INTRODUCTION 



This bibliography is a compilation of refer- 

 ences on the early life history of scombrid fishes, 

 particularly tunas, designed to facilitate the 

 retrieval of printed information on the subject, 

 particularly the (i) identification of eggs, lar- 

 vae, and juveniles, (ii) methods of collection 

 of early life stages, (iii) distribution and abun- 

 dance, and (iv) ecology and general biology 

 of all these stages. As our comiiilation of the 

 bibliographical entries terminated in December 

 of 1970 it is assumed that most ijublications 

 printed through 1970 are included in this bib- 

 liography. Since our bibliography is restricted 

 to reports pertaining to fertilized eggs, larvae, 

 and juveniles, i-eferences dealing exclusively 

 with gonad studies, i.e., ovarian eggs (ova) , are 

 excluded from this rei)ort. We attempted to 

 cover all the entries jiertaining to early life 

 history of all si^ecies in the family Scombridae, 



and we believe that all major works are enu- 

 merated in our report. However, in the case 

 of the mackerels of the genus Scomber, we lim- 

 ited the entries to what we believe are the more 

 significant reports on this genus. Because of 

 the vastness of the printed material on Scomber 

 spp. and our own lack of experience with the 

 genus, we feel that compilation of bibliograph- 

 ical entries pertaining to the early life history 

 of Scomber spp. should be left to an expert 

 in that field. 



Tunas are a world resource because of their 

 far- ranging migratory habits and because most 

 of them are harvested at high seas by fleets 

 of many nations. Re.search on tunas further 

 reflects these international aspects, being car- 

 ried out by scientists from many countries or 

 even from international organizations. We 

 feel, therefore, that it is most appropriate to 

 emi^loy in our bibliography four languages, thus 

 making the publication more accessible to our 

 colleagues from around the world. 



' Contribution Xo. 199, U..S. Department of Com- 

 merce, National Oceanic and .Atmospheric Administra- 

 tion, National Marine Fisheries .Service, .Southeast 

 Fisheries Center, Miami Laboratory, Miami, Florida 

 33149. 



- National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fish- 

 eries Center, Miami Laljoratory, ^liami, Florida ''''A49. 



' Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, .Scripps 

 tnstitution of Oceanography, La Jo'la, California 92037. 



INDEXING SYSTEM 



This bibliography is divided into three parts. 

 Entries are listed alphabetically by author and 

 chronologically for each author. We have fol- 

 lowed the guidelines of Brown and Stratton 



