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Fig. 1 . Localities of capture of young Sarda in eastern Pacific Ocean. 
at the Commissions disposal, are given in Table 
2. The geographical distribution of these catches 
is shown in Figure 1. 
The author wishes to thank Mr. Gerald V. 
Howard and Dr. Elbert H. Ahlstrom of the 
U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries for their 
helpful criticism and suggestions on the prep- 
aration of this manuscript. The manuscript upon 
its completion in 1959 was made available to 
Mr. Leo Pinkas of the California Department of 
Fish and Game. Thanks are ’extended to Sra. 
Aurora Chirinos de Vildoso of the Peruvian 
Pesca y Caza for her cooperation in exchange of 
various data. 
