Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 .

Shortfin Scad. To 35 cm (13.8 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to southern Japan (Senou in Nakabo 2002) and Cheju Island, South Korea (Kim et al. 1999); Punta Eugenia (Baja California) (Robertson and Allen 2008) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Gulf of California (Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication:Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 12–214 m (99–702 ft) (min.: Godínez-Domínguez et al. 2000; max.: Mundy 2005). Morera et al. (20019) report on a capture at a depth of 500 m (1,640 ft), however this capture was made in a bottom trawl and the fish may have been captured in midwaters during deployment or retrieval.