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These two species are very much ahke, and are known by the 

 common name of SIERRA; they are pelagic fish which reach the coast 

 in great quantities, from Coquimbo southwards during the Summer 

 months. They are of very good quahty and are consumed fresh and 

 smoked. Maintain a considerable fishery (5000 tons). 



Family Scombridae 



36.-Thurmiis macroptems (Schleg., 1850), (ATUN DE ALETA 

 AMARILLA; 2000 tons). It is caught all year round from Tocopilla 

 northwards, outside of the coastal current. It is tinned in the canneries 

 of Iquique. 



37.-Germo alalunga (Bonnat., 1788), (ATUN DE ALETA LARGA; 

 500 tons). From the tropical and sub-tropical Pacific it reaches, during 

 the Summer months, the coasts of Valparaiso, where it is mostly 

 consumed fresh, 



^^.-Katsuiuonus pelamys (L.), (CACHURETA). It is found in 

 the waters outside of the coastal current, from Huasco (28°27'S) north- 

 wards, and it is caught in comparatively small quantities. 



S9.-Sarda chilensis (Cuv. et Val., 1831), (BONITO; 4000 tons). It 

 is found in great quantities along the coasts of Antofagasta and Tara- 

 paca, and is the fish which constitutes the basis of the canning industry 

 of northern Chile. 



40.— Pneiwiatophorus peruanus (Jordan and Hubbs, 1925), (CA- 

 B.ALLA). It is of small size and it is abundant in the coast of Tarapaca 

 where it is caught in large quantities. 



Family Xiphiidae 

 A\.-Xiphias gladius (L.), (FEZ ESPADA; 1000 tons). This is a 

 cosmopolitan species of warm seas which is abundant in northern 

 Chilean waters. It is mostly exported frozen to the United States of 

 America. 



Sub-Order STROMATEOIDEI 

 Family Stromateidae 



42.-Stromateus maculatus (Cuv. et Val., 1833), (PAMPANITO). 

 From Tierra del Fuego to Coquimbo. Small; it is caught in limited 

 quantities and is liked by the fishermen. 



Family Nomeidae 

 4S.-SeriolelIa porosa (Guich., 1848), (COJINOVA; 400 tons). 

 From Magellan to Tarapaca; found gathered in small schools during the 

 Summer pursuing the sardines. 



