AIILSTROM: FISH LARVAE IN EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC 



130* 120° I'O' 



20° 



120' 



Figure 14. — Distribution of larvae of the apogonid, Howella pammelas (Heller and Snodgrass), and of the 

 trichiurids, Diplospinus multistriatus Maul and Lepidopus sp. Records of occurrence of larvae of H. pammelas 

 are shown as large circles with dot in center for hauls containing 1 to 10 larvae and large solid circles for hauls 

 containing U or more larvae; records of occurrence of larvae of D. midtistriatus are shown as squares, Le- 

 pidopus sp. are triangles; negative hauls are shown as small solid circles. 



pendix Table 3. Charts showing distribution 

 and relative abundance of larvae of Auxis sp. 

 and of Katsuwonus pelamis on EASTROPAC 

 cruises will be included in the EASTROPAC 

 Atlas. 



larvae of marlin and sailfish in EASTROPAC I 

 collections was unanticipated, inasmuch as adult 

 billfish are an important part of the Japanese 

 longline catches from the tropical eastern Pa- 

 cific (Kume and Schaefer, 1966). 



30. ISTIOPHORIDAE 

 ( 2 occurrences, 2 larvae ) 



The striking larvae of istiophorids are readily 

 identified to family. The marked paucity of 



32. APOGONIDAE 

 (61 occurrences, 204 larvae) 



Most species of apogonids are coastal, shal- 

 low-water forms. A few larvae of these were 



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