WIGLEY and STINTON: REMAINS FROM MARINE SEDIMENTS 



Table 18. — Bathymetric distribution of teleost and selachian remains by species or higher 

 taxon, and the number of stations at which each occurred. All entries are based on 

 otoliths except Prionace glauca, which is represented by a tooth. 



[P — pelagic, G — groundfish, and Un — unclassified.] 



Species or 



Water depth 



Number 



Environmental 



SPECIES 



WATER DEPTH (METERS) 

 50 100 150 200 250 



'Slromateus' 

 Merluccius bi linearis 

 Urophycis sp. 

 Merluccius albidus 

 Merluccius sp. 

 Phycis chesleri 

 Ceroloscopelus moderensis 

 Cilharichlhys 'arclifrons 

 Lepophidium cervinum 

 Centropristis ocyurus 

 Diapltus sp.-2 



Lophololdus cbomoelaonticeps 

 Urophycis .'floridanus 

 Urophycis chuss 

 Diaphus sp- I 

 Diaphus sp - 4 

 Myc top hum sp. 

 Myctophum punctatum 

 Acanthuroidei sp - 1 

 Acanthuroidei sp-2 

 Peprilus triacanthus 

 Diaphus sp- 3 

 Lobianchia dofieini 

 Urophycis tenuis 

 fNotoscopelus 

 Benthosema glac/ale 

 Pomacanthus arcuatus 





 TO 567 

 ■TO 567 



-I- T0 56T 



only in the general vicinity of the shelf break 

 (100 to 220 m) . None was restricted to a depth 

 below 220 m. 



REMAINS OF CRUSTACEANS AND 

 COELENTERATES 



Crustaceans and coelenterates were the least 

 numerous of all taxonomic groups represented 

 in the samples and formed only a small portion 

 of the total macroscopic animal remains. These 

 two groups differed markedly in geographic dis- 

 tribution, bathymetric distribution, and abun- 

 dance. Thus, each is treated in a separate sec- 

 tion below. 



Figure 22. — Bathymetric range and mean depth of oc- 

 currence of fish species represented in the samples by 

 otoliths. (Observed values are listed in Table 18.) 



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