Dr. Alain Aboussouan, Station Marine D'En- 

 doume et Centre d'Oceanographie, Marseille, 

 France. 

 Dr. Bruce B. Collette, Systematics Laboratory, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Washing- 

 ton, D.C., U.S.A. 

 Mr. Dan L. Gittings, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, La 

 Jolla, California. U.S.A. 

 Dr. Nina N. Gorbunova, Institute of Oceanol- 



ogy, Moscow, U.S.S.R. 

 Dr. Carl L. Hublxs, University of California, 

 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La 

 Jolla, California, U.S.A. 

 Miss Elizabeth Leonard, National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, 

 Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 

 Mr. Tetsuo Matsui, Univeisity of California, 

 Scripps Institution of Oceanograjihy, La 

 Jolla, California, U.S.A. 

 Mr. Walter M. Matsumoto, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Cen- 

 ter, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. 

 Dr. Makoto Peter Miyake, International Com- 

 mission for the Conservation of Atlantic 

 Tunas, Madrid, Spain. 

 Dr. Walter Nellen, Institut fiir Meereskunde, 



Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany. 

 Mrs. Hazel S. Nishimura, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service. Southwest Fisheries Cen- 

 ter, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. 

 Dr. Shoji Ueyanagi, Far Seas Fishery Research 



Laboi'atory, Shimizu City, Japan. 

 Dr. Viktor L. Zharov, Atlantic Research Insti- 

 tute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, 

 Kaliningrad, U.S.S.R. 



Gratitude is also expressed to our colleagues 

 Clifford L. Peterson of the Inter-American 

 Tropical Tuna Commission and John P. Wise 

 of the Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami who 

 provided constructive criticism. 



The late Miss Patricia Walsh of the South- 

 east Fisheries Center, Miami did the enor- 

 mous task of typing the manuscript. Mrs. Lucy 

 M. de Dupart of the Inter-American Tropical 

 Tuna Commission prepared the Spanish trans- 

 lation and typed the final copy. The French 

 translation was carried out by Mrs. F. Mailleux 

 of ORSTOM at Pointe Noire, the German trans- 

 lation by Mr. Thomas Potthoff of the Southeast 

 Fisheries Center, Miami. Mr. John Stimson, 

 Mrs. Marilyn n Borkowski, and Mr. Stuart 



Smith of Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami 

 handled the work associated with the computer- 

 generated subject index. 



RECONOCIMIENTO 



Agradecemos a las numerosas personas e ins- 



tituciones cientificas de varias partes del mun- 



do, por la ayuda que nos brindaron y que nos 



permitio realizar este trabajo bibliografico. La 



generosa cooperacion que encontramos ha sido 



la causa principal de satisfaccion encontrada en 



este trabajo. 



Enumeramos enseguida a las personas que 



ayudaron especialmente en la revision del ma- 



nuscrito, escrutinio de los escritos publicados, 



suministracion de entradas bibliograficas y 



otros medios. 



Dr. Alain Aboussouan, Station Marine D'En- 

 doume et Centre d'Oceanographie, Marsella, 

 Francia. 



Dr. Bruce B. Collette, Systematics Laboratory, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Washing- 

 ton, D.C., E.U.A. 



Sr. Dan L. Gittings, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, La 

 Jolla, California, E.U.A. 



Dr. Nina N. Gorbunova, Institute of Oceanol- 

 ogy, Moscu, U.R.S.S. 



Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, University of California, 

 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La 

 Jolla, California, E.U.A. 



Srta. Elizabeth Leonard, National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, 

 Miami, Florida, E.U.A. 



Sr. Tetsuo Matsui, University of California, 

 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La 

 Jolla, California, E.U.A. 



Sr. Walter M. Matsumoto, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Cen- 

 ter, Honolulu, Hawaii, E.U.A. 



Dr. Makoto Peter Miyake, Comision Interna- 

 cional para la Conservacion del Atiin A- 

 tlantico, Madrid, Espana. 



Dr. Walter Nellen, Institut fiir Meereskunde, 

 Kiel, Repiiblica Federal Alemana. 



Sra. Hazel S. Nishimura, National Marine Fish- 

 eries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii, E.U.A. 



Dr. Shoji Ueyanagi, Far Seas Fishery Research 

 Laboratory, Shimizu-shi, Japon. 



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