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KA.MAKJ.CHI KISHINOUYE: 
that the fishery in autumn in the Inland Sea will be remunerable to open- 
boat drifters. 
Genus Sard a Cuvier. 
Sarda, Cuvier, 1829 ; Jordan & Evermanu, 1895. 
Pclamys, Cuv. & Val., 1831; Günther, 1860. 
Body elongate, but rather short and compressed in young specimens. 
Scales minute, and a small corselet more or less distinct. The caudal keel is 
thick and naked. Teeth in both jaws are large, compressed, and strongly curved 
inward, but not trenchant. Near the anterior end of the lower jaw, the row 
of teeth is bent inwards and approaches the symphysis. Vomer is toothless, 
but a single row of rather strong and curved teeth on the palatines. Tongue 
also toothless. Many dark, longitudinal, more or less oblique stripes are found 
in the dorsal part of the body. Vertebrae of the caudal peduncle have lateral 
keels. Voracious fish of rather small size in subtropical and tropical waters 
of both Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Pelagic. 
Sarda orientalis (Schlegel). 
Hagatsuwo, hohzan, kitsunegatsuwo, sabagatsuwo, sliimagatsuwo, 
sujigatsuwo, tohzan, etc. 
Figs. 11, 17, 33, 42. 
Pelamys orientalis, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss., 91, Tab. 52, 1850; Günther, Cat. Brit. 
Mus. II, 368, 1860. 
Sarda chilensis var. orientalis, Stendachner <fc Düderleiu, Beitr. z. Kennt, d. Fisch. Japan., 
Ill, 11, 1883. 
Sarda orientalis, Kishinouye, Sui. Gak. Ho, I, 12, PI. 1, Fig. 7, 1915. 
D. 19, 15, 7-8. A. 15, 5-6. Gill-rakers 4+9. Vert. 25 + 20. 
Body elongated fusiform in adult specimens, but rather short and com¬ 
pressed in young specimens. Mouth wide, maxillary reaching beyond the 
orbit, with large curved and compressed teeth. Teeth in jaws are more or 
less unequal in size. About 16 in the upper, and 10-13 in the lower jaw. 
Groove in the skin from the corner of the mouth is present, as in the tunnies. 
Posterior nostril is a mere slit. Scales minute. Lateral line undulating 
slightly, and has a peculiar, wave-like bend over the pectoral fin. 
Stomach long, with more than twenty longitudinal folds. 
Intestine 
