AHLSTROM: KIND AND ABUNDANCE OF FISH LARVAE 



Figure 9. — Distribution of larvae of the stomiatoid genus Idiacavthufi sp. on ETP II. Collections of 1-10 larvae 

 are show^n as open circles with dot in center, collections of 11 or more larvae as large solid circles; negative hauls 

 are shown as small solid circles. 



constituents: Astronesthidae, Bathophiliis filifer 

 (Garman), and Stomias sp. 



Stomias larvae (43 occurrences, 177 larvae) 

 were most abundant in the inner pattern. Lar- 

 vae of three categories of Melanostomiatidae 

 were identified to the genus or species level. The 

 most common of these were larvae of Bathoph- 

 ihis filifer (Garman) (104 occurrences, 310 lar- 

 vae). Larvae of Etistomias spp. (10 occurren- 

 ces, 19 larvae) represented several species, 

 whereas larvae of Leptostomias sp. (8 occur- 

 rences, 17 larvae) were those of a single species. 



Approximately half of the stomiatoid larvae 

 (140 occurrences, 511 larvae) were not identi- 

 fied below the subordinal level. These were 

 mostly small or damaged specimens; some of 

 the unidentified stomiatoid larvae possibly are 

 those of Malacosteidae. 



13. EVERMANNELLIDAE 



(17 occurrences, 67 larvae) 



The majority of evermannellid larvae were 



1183 



