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33017335.Pdf FIb / S64 Skipjack 1:1 1 IDENTITY Laccadive Sea (Mini coy Island) caught by pole and line during January 1960 and November 1961 1.1 Taxonomy are as follows: 1.1.1 Definition Head 29.6 to 30.7; first predorsal distance 33.6 to 34.9; second predorsal distance 60.5 Phylum VERTEBRATA to 62.9; preanal distance 64.2 to 67.5; prepelvic Subphylum Craniata distance 32.9 to 35.6; greatest depth of body Superciass Gnathostomata 23.0 to Z6.3; length of pectoral 13.1.to 16.7; -Series Pisces distance between origin of pectoral and first Class Teleostoml dorsal13.1 to 15.5; base of first dorsal 24.5 to Subclass Actinopterygii 28.4; base of second dorsal (excluding £inlets) Order Perciform.es 7.4 to 9.1; base of second dorsal including £in­ Suborder Scombroidei lets 31.8 to 34.9; caudal spread 25.6 to Z6.5; Family Scombridae longest (first) dorsal spine 13.0 to 15.6; length Subfamily Thunninae of second dorsal 6. 0 to 9 .. 3; length of anal 4 • 6 Genus Katsuwonus Kishinouye. to 8.4; length of pelvic 10.3 to 11.9; least depth 1915 of caudal peduncle 1.9 to 2.2; greatest width of KatsuwonUIJ pe1a.mis caudal peduncle at keel 3.5 to 4.5; length of (Limlaeus). 1758 maxilla 10.2 to 1l.9; diameter of iris 4.3 to 5.9; longest gill-raker 3.9 to 4.4 and longest gill 1. L Z Description ,filament 6.7 to 7.4 percent in total length. (Fig. 1). - Genus Katsuwonus Kisbinouye 1915 The disposition of the different organs of the 'Viscera and the nature of the liver and gall bladder Body robuat" roundod in cross-S-ectio~ are shown 4t Fig. 2. teeth on jaws about 40 in eac'Q. a.bsent on vomer and palatine; corselet well defined; For meristic characters see section 1 .. 3.1. hardly any scales visible on rest of body; inter­ space between fir_st and second dorsa~ hardly Color in life is steel blue tinged with lustrous exceeding eye diameter; margin of first dorsal violet along do~swn and decreasing in, intensity fin strongly concavej lateral line with a decided On sides to level of pectoral base; half of body downward curve below second dorsal; gill­ 'including abdomen whitish to pale yellow; evan­ rakers number 5£1 to 63 of which 33 to 42 .:m escent vertical light bars seen on sides of body lower limb; generally four dark conspicuous immediately after capture,. fading within an hour: longitudinal bands along side of body beloW' 80 also yellowish tinge on abdomen; conspicuous lateral line" none above lateral line. Internal {our to six longitudinal dusky to black stripes characters include long gall-bla"dder~ nearly .,elow lateral line on each side of body; light free froIn liver running along dorsal side of crey-ish tinge on underside of mandible (chin) liver. As in Thunnus and Sarda.. a pair of merging posteriorly with whitish color of lower cutaneous arteries branch just behind insertion &ali of body. of pharyngeal Inuscles, but pas sing through kidneys.. arteries turn outward and forward in­ In preservative (formalin) corselet area is stead of backwards; epaxial and hypaxial light grey, tinged with yellow, upper half of body arterial branches running below and above first ilhining grey; between corselet scale along first rib respectively.. well-developed; vertebrae dorsal base and along second dorsal base distinct 20 + Zl (41). black patches; ·so also dorswn of headj chin dark grey; lower half of body pale whitish to light Katsuwonus pe.la.mill (.L.i.nnaeus) 1758 grey., but generally four conspicuous longitudinal black stripes present; spine of first dorsal fin Body proportions expressed as percentages dusky... but inter-spinous membrane whitish be­ of total length L!~om tip of snout to fork .. h.:teen anterior spines.. but margin tinged dusky latter slightly flexed, Marr and Schaefer (1949lJ .. between last few spines; second dorsal and dorsal for 'ten specimens 283 mrn to 458 -mm. from finlets dusky with narrow white margins; so also 664 ,99 Flb/S64 Skipjack GB a Fig. 2 (a) Disposition of the visceral organs., and (b) of liver and gall-bladder in Katsuwonus pelarnis (Linnaeus) LV - liver IN - intestine PC - pyloric caeca ST - stomach GB - palJ - blad~~r 555 FIb/S64 Skipjack pectorals and pelvics; blackish patch along L 3 General variability abdom.en for whole length of peivics; anal and {inlets lighter; median caudal peduncular keels 1.3.1 Subspecific fragmentation blackish with light margin dorsally, but light (races" varieties~ hybrids) grey ventrally .. - Meristic counts Hardly any color difference between small­ est and largest adult specitnens in the collection. Details of meristic counts for specimen from Indian Ocean is given in ,Tables II and Juvenile coloration for a specirnen 27 mm. in Ill. total length: liThe pigmentation in the specimen is comparatively denser on the dorsal aspect of So far no attempts have been made to dis­ the head and body. The spinous dorsal has tinguish populations" varieties or races" nor patches of chromatophores on· the upper half of do the counts given above throw much light on the fin membranes between the anterior eight the subject. Generally XIV - xvI' spines are rays. The ventral side of the body is practical­ present in the first dorsal and this makes the ly devoid of chrornatophores except for a few on minimum count of xn given by Smith (1961) each side along the base of the anal fin and fin­ exceptionally low. tl lets .. (Jones 1959a). Natural hybridization is unknown. 1. 2 Nomenclature Albinism. or melanism have not been reported. 1. 2 .. 1 Valid scientific name How:ever., at Minicoy Island in the Laccadive Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) 1758 Sea., among freshly caught skipjack, in a lot of a hundred or 80 specimens, two or three may 1. 2. 2 Synonyms be a much ligh~er color" the late ral bands (specially for Indian Ocean area) appearing faded and ,the dorsum being light dusky., but retai.nl.ng the basic color pattern. (Only taxonomic references are' cited here Such occurrences in small numbers are not chronologically) .. infrequent. and these specimens can be easily detected in fresh landinga. Scomber pelamis Linnaeus 1758 Scomber pelamides Lacepede 1803 Thynnus vagans Lesson 1828 Euthynnus pelamis Deraniyagala 1933; Molteno 1948; Fourmanoir 1957; Smith 1961 Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis Fraser­ Brunner 1950; Deraniyagala 1952: Mendis 1954 Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pe1amys Fourmanoir 1960 Gymnosarda pelamys Barnard 1925 Thynnus pe1amys Cuvier and Valenciennes 1831; GUnther 1860; Day 1888, 1889; Gilchrist I<JOZ Katsuwonus pelamil? Kishinouye 1915; Serventy 1941; Rosa 1950; Munro 1955, 1958; Jones and Silas 1960,196Z; Talbot 1962; Whitley 1962 1.2.3 Standard common names" vernacu­ lar names (See Table I). 667 FIb / S6 4 Skipjack 1:5 Table I Common and vernacular names Standard Country Vernacular Name(s) .CDmmon name Aden, Gulf of Af Muss; Dabub (Somali dialect); Hargheiba (Alula dialect) Australia Striped tuna Watermelon; Skipjack Ceylon Skipjack Baleya; Alaguduva (Sinhalese dialect); Ocean Bonito; striped tuna Ea 5t Africa and Skipjack Sehewa (Kiswahili dialect; also Zanzibar refers to Euthynnus sp. , Auxis spp. ) India Oceanic skipjack Bonito; Kali-phila-mas (MahaI dialec;:t~ L a ccadives); Vari Choora (Malayalam, Kerala coast) Chaora and Metti (MalayalaITl, Amil.:.i Island, Lacca.dives) Indonesia Bonito Tjakalan g; T jakalang-lelaki; -T jakalang-perernpuan; T Jakalang- m,=ran Madagascar Bonite Bonite a venue r aye; 9iodary (Sakalawa dia!ec':.); ~.{ 'bassi (Swahili dialect) Maldive Islands Kali-phila-mas R~union3 l\!auritius Bonite South Africa Skipjack Oceanic bonito; Lesser tunny; Bonito; Waterm~10a; Katunkel 668 FIbjS64 Skipjack 1:6 Table II Meristic characters for ten specimens of Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) from Minicoy Island, Laccadive Sea Dorsal spine Dorsal finlets Anal finlets Pectoral No. 15 16 8 8+1(=9) 9 7 7+1( =8) 26 27 28 F. 2 8 6 2 1 7 3 3 6 1 N = 10 N = 9 N = 10 N = 10 Mean = 15.8 Mean = 8.4 Mean = 7.3 Mean = 26.1:S Gill-rakers Upper limb Lower limb 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 - 1 3 2 2 2 - 2 2 4 1 1 - - - - - - N = 10 N =10 Mean = 16.1 Mean = 36. 5 Total gill-rakers 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 2 1 2 2 1 2 N = 10 Mean = 52.5 No. = Counts; F = Frequency of occurrence; N = Number of specimens 669 ::1 ,, -.0" C/l ..'" C/l Po ''0 ~. " ~ Table III " Meristic characters as given by various authors for KatsuwonUB pelarnis (Linnaeus) from the Indian Ocean Africa Mada- Aus- Indonesia Ceylon Laccadives gascar tralia (India) Charac- Total Fourma- Derani- Jones et tere Williams Smith Talbot Munro de Munro Beaufort Silas range (1962) (1961) (1962) nair (1958) yaga1a (1955) (1957) (1951) (1952) (1962) Dl XIV-XV XII-XVI XIV-XV XV paV-XVI XV XV-XVII XV XV-XVI XII-XVI D2 + 13-15+ 12-13+ 14-15+ 14-16+ 14-16+ i,12-14 3,12 ii,12-14 13-14 + 12-16+ finlets 7-8 8 8 8 7-9 (:14-16) (:15) (:14-16) 8-9 7-9 ...,'" +8 +8 + 8 '" Pectoral - - - - 26-29 ii, 24 27-30 ii, 24 26-28 26-29 (: 26 ) (:26) A+ 14-15+ I-III,12 15+7 14-16+ 14-15+ iii.. 12 3-4 iii,12 13-14 13-16+ £inlets 7 (:13-15) 7 7-8 (:15)+ 12-13+ (:15)+ +7-8 7-8 , + 7-8 7 7 7 Gill- 15-16+ +35 18-20+ - 17- 21+ - +35- +35 14-18+ 14-21+ rakers 38-40 36-38 33-42 40 34-39 33-42 (:53-56) (:56) (50-55) .
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