FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 71, NO. 1 



Table 15. --Species and density (number per square meter) of fish otoliths, by station. 



e 



3 



c 



c 

 o 



(U 



■o 







4 

 5 

 6 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 17 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 27 

 31 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 51 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 61 



10 

 10 



20 



40 20 



2,160 



650 



220 



10 



130 

 20 



- 40 



20 



- 120 

 10 80 

 10 10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



20 



520 



1,480 



40 



40 



110 



50 



- 10 20 



- 60 - 10 70 10 

 10 - - 20 - - 



- 20 - - - 



10 



10 10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



1,100 



970 



70 



10 



40 

 30 



20 



10 



10 



20 



10 



200 20 



110 40 



20 20 



10 



10 

 60 

 50 



20 

 20 10 



30 10 



10 



10 

 20 



10 10 



10 

 10 

 20 



10 40 



10 



50 



460 



820 



500 



1,010 



10 



50 



20 

 30 

 10 



100 



20 



50 



10 



160 

 20 



80 

 10 



20 



20 



10 



10 



110 

 20 



10 - 10 20 20 



40 



10 



+ 

 + 



10 



Table 16. — Comparison of density and abundance of otoliths of pelagic 



fish and groundfish. 



IDENTIFICATION OF OTOLITHS 



Otoliths of relatively deepwater teleosts form 

 the major portion of all species dealt with here; 

 littoral species rarely occurred in the samples. 

 Myctophids (lanternfishes) contributed most of 



the otoliths. Many of these have been referred 

 tentatively to various genera in this group, but 

 specific determinations are not possible in the 

 absence of suitable identified material for com- 

 parison. It is very likely that the species are 

 already in ichthyological collections, but most 



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