chiliensis, Pelamys Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:163 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Valparaíso, Chile. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5608 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Blanc 1961:373 [ref. 20733], Blanc & Bauchot 1964:449, Fig. 21 [ref. 20804], Collette 1966:370 [ref. 14641]. Spelled chilensis by authors. Two subspecies are treated by Collette 2003:7 [ref. 27312]. •Synonym of Sarda sarda (Bloch 1793), but a valid subspecies -- (Pequeño 1989:67 [ref. 14125]). •Valid as Sarda chilensis (Cuvier 1832), subspecies chilensis (Cuvier 1832) -- (Collette et al. 2001:3 [ref. 25629], Page et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier 1832), subspecies chiliensis (Cuvier 1832) -- (Collette 2003:7 [ref. 27312], Collette & Nauen 1983:51 [ref. 5375]). •Valid as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier 1832) -- (Collette & Chao 1975:599 [ref. 5573], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:272 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:179 [ref. 14674], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1533 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:585 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:399 [ref. 24555], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:808 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:167 [ref. 37547], Randall 2007:449 [ref. 30952], Pietsch & Orr 2015:67 [ref. 34694], Fourriére et al. 2016:459 [ref. 34668], Kells et al. 2016:316 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:92 [ref. 37205], Randall et al. 2019:38 [ref. 36852], Collette & Graves 2019:105 [ref. 37341], Love et al. 2021:212 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier 1832). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific, straying to Hawaiian Islands. The subspecies chiliensis occurs from the Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru, south to Talcahuano and Valdivia Chile; subspecies lineolata occurs from Alaska south to tip of Baja California (Mexico) and Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), and strays to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.