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Species in the genus Cololabis: [ 3 ] records


adocetus, Cololabis Böhlke [J. E.] 1951:83 [Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science v. 54 (no. 1); ref. 12884] 160 miles southwest of San Juan, Peru, eastern Pacific, 17°00'S, 76°50'W. Holotype: CAS 20432. Paratypes: CAS 20433 (5, now 3), 47784 [ex CAS 20433] (1 c&s); CAS-SU 16335 (2). Paratypes or additional material: CAS 20434 (4), CAS-SU 37426 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:51 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Elassichthys adocetus (Böhlke 1951) -- (Hubbs & Wisner 1980:534 [ref. 2267]). •Valid as Cololabis adocetus Böhlke 1951 -- (Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:391 [ref. 24555], Collette 2004:2 [ref. 27582], Mundy 2005:283 [ref. 28379], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Victor et al. 2024:79 [ref. 42021]). •Valid as Cololabis adoceta Böhlke 1951 -- (Love et al. 2021:96 [ref. 39279] with question, Page et al. 2023:149 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:471 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Cololabis adoceta Böhlke 1951. Scomberesocidae. Distribution: Central and eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) east to Baja California (Mexico), south to northern Chile, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

brevirostris, Scombresox Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1866:521 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866; ref. 3439] Tomales Bay, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: ZMB 6194 (2). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:147 [ref. 19981]. Original genus should have been Scomberesox. •Synonym of Cololabis saira (Brevoort 1856) -- (Collette 2004:2 [ref. 27582], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:55 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Cololabis saira (Brevoort 1856). Scomberesocidae. Habitat: marine.

saira, Scomberesox Brevoort [J. C.] 1856:281 [29], Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color) In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.; ref. 17284] Simoda, Japan. No types known. On p. 29 of separate. Original genus misspelled Scomberescox in text, correct on plate. Based on a drawing. •Valid as Cololabis saira (Brevoort 1856) -- (Hubbs & Wisner 1980:522 [ref. 2267], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:116 [ref. 9277], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:79 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:11 [ref. 24081], Matarese et al. 1989:236 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:127 [ref. 14674], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1520 [ref. 22830], Cheng & Zhou 1997:220 [ref. 26385], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:383 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:168 [ref. 25013], Nakabo 2000:564 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:315 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:564 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:220, 546 [ref. 26218], Collette 2004:2 [ref. 27582], Nelson et al. 2004:99 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:64 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:283 [ref. 28379], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Page et al. 2013:103 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:27 [ref. 34694], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:120 [ref. 35888], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:55 [ref. 35138], Burton & Lea 2019:54 [ref. 37205], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:81 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:41 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:96 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:149 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:471 [ref. 41622], Kai & Gosho 2025:36 [ref. 42505]). Current status: Valid as Cololabis saira (Brevoort 1856). Scomberesocidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Taiwan, Korea and southern Japan north to western and southern Bering Sea; Hawaiian Islands; eastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico) and Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico). IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Habitat: brackish, marine.


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