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Notes on the frigate mackerels, Auxis thazard (Lacepede) and A. tapeinosoma Bleeker, from Indian waters

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Title Notes on the frigate mackerels, Auxis
thazard (Lacepede) and A. tapeinosoma
Bleeker, from Indian waters
 
Creator Jones, S
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description The so-called frigate mackerels of the genus Auxis are the smallest of the tunas
and could be distinguished from aU other genera of the family Thunnidae
by the wide interspace (nearly equal to the length of the head) between the
first and the second dorsal. Another distinguishing character is the size
of the axillary scales (between the ventral fins) which are equal in length to
the fins in Auxis while in other Thunnidae they are only about one-half in
length. In addition to the geno-type, Auxis (hazard (Scomber thazard Lacdp6de),
which is a widely distributed fish found in all the warm seas, a few
species have been described which according to some are only synonyms of
the above. Recently Wade (1949) has shown that two spedes, viz., Auxis
(hazard and A. (apeinosoma, occur in the Philippine waters thereby helping
to establish the validity of the second species. It has been possible to obtain
recently both the species from the Indian waters and notes on them are given
in this article as there are no previous published records of these from India.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1958
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1803/1/Article_14.pdf
Jones, S (1958) Notes on the frigate mackerels, Auxis thazard (Lacepede) and A. tapeinosoma Bleeker, from Indian waters. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 5 (1). pp. 189-194.