brachydorax, Auxis thazard Collette [B. B.] & Aadland [C. R.] 1996:434, Fig. 9B [Fishery Bulletin v. 94 (no. 3); ref. 22199] Eastern Pacific, Olympia, 7°51'N, 99°51'W. Holotype: USNM 320406. Paratypes: ANSP 89064 (1), 89066 (1); CAS 56979 (2), 56981 (3); LACM 6708-1 (1), 6709-2 (1), 6709-4 (1), 6709-5 (2), 6711-2 (1), 6714-1 (10), 34022-1 (1), 34069-1 (1), 34254-1 (1); SIO 60343 (1), 58-83-43A (2), 61-257 (2), 79-256 (2), 80-172 (1), 91-138 (10); USNM 334062 (3). •Synonym of Auxis thazard (Lacepède 1800), but a valid subspecies brachydorax as described -- (Collette et al. 2001:3 [ref. 25629], Collette 2003:3 [ref. 27312], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:776 [ref. 28815], Randall 2007:448 [ref. 30952], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Fourriére et al. 2016:459 [ref. 34668], Collette & Graves 2019:40 [ref. 37341]). •Valid as Auxis brachdorax Collette & Aadland 1996 -- (Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923]). Current status: Valid as Auxis brachydorax Collette & Aadland 1996. Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.