relatione hips of the speoies of Cybium * 



Many transverse stripes present .». gybium multifasciatum (yolcojimazawara) 



Round spots present 



Spots in seven or eight rows, no teeth on tongue *.. Cybium niphonivnn (sawara ) 

 Spots in four or five rows, teeth on tongue, body broad .•• Cybium korsanim 

 (hirasawara) — — — _^_^__^ 



Spots large and few, in two rows, pectoral fin round ••• Cybium ohinense 

 (inusawara ) — — — ———^ 



Acanthocybixim sara (icamasusawara) 



Called sawara in Miyataki, Kagoshima, and the Ogasawara Is., oktsawara in 

 Kanagawa, tojinsawara in Chiba, and okamasu in Nagasaki. 

 6. 7. D. 26, 11, 9. A. 11, 9. Vert. 32 or 33 / 31 Gill-rakere 0. 



The body is slender and compressed. It is covered with small scales which are 

 long and narrow. An air bladder is present. The back is indigo, and in young 

 specimens there are about 30 dark transverse stripes. The fins are dusky. This 

 fish lives close to the surface in warm clear waters and does not form schools. 

 Since it is voracious and easily takes the bait, many are eaught on trolling lines* 

 They grow to a length of 6 or 7 feet and a weight of about 83 pounds. Specimens 

 with fairly ripe ovaries have been seen in the middle of June so the spawning 

 season is probably around July or August. The flavor is excellent, better than that 

 of the common Cybium niphonitmi, and in the Ogasawara Is. it is made into dried fish 

 sticks. The species is distributed from Chiba, Kanagawa, Shimane, and Yanaguohi on 

 the north to the Ogasawara Is,, the Ryukyus, and the Philippines. 



Cybium mul tif as o ia turn n.sp. ( yoko J Imas awara ) 



D. 17, 15, 9, A. 14, 9. Vert. 20 / 24, Gill-rakers 1 / 2, 



The body is slender and spindle-shaped, eoid is almost round in cross -section* 

 The greatest depth is in the vicinity of the origin of the second dorsal. The 

 teeth are short, trftsngolar, and compressed. There appear to be no teeth on the 

 voner and palatines. The scales are small and -vorar tite whole body. The lateral 

 line forms a large bend below the first dorsal* There is an air bladder and there 

 are four bends in the intestine* The back is indigo, and there are about 60 stripes 

 on the sides* The fins are black* A specimen of this rare species was obtained 

 through information supplied by the head of the Tamaguchi Prefecture Fisheries gx** 

 periment Station* The fish was taken in a yellowtail gillnet at Kawajiri in the 

 middle of December^ 19U* The following is the report of the head of the Station, 

 Mr* To£0 Nakajima, concerning this speoies* 



Some of these fish are taken from October to Jtamuary, but they are most abun- 

 dant in Hovember* In Tamaguchi Prefecture they are taken in the ooastal waters of 

 Abu and Otsu oounties, at lawajiri, Kiwato, Oshima, and ffl.t«u«hiiiia (the two last- 

 named places are islands whioh lie off Hagimaohl) in yellowtail pound nets and 

 gillnets* They appear not to form large schools and there are never more than two 

 or three taken at a time* They are taken in depths of about 17 or 18 fathons, but 

 we have heard of no case of their having been taken in water of lesser depths* 

 They are taken only oeoasionally during the season mentioned above, and are never 

 caught in very great n\xmbers. They usually weigh about 40 or 50 pounds, and very 

 large or very small ones are never taken* The flesh is white, oily, and fimer 



