AHLSTROM: KIND AND ABLNDANCE OF FISH LARVAE 



Figure 13. — Distribution of larvae of the myctophid Diogenichthys Intcrnntus on ETP II. Three orders of abun- 

 dance are shown. Open circles with dot represent counts of 1-100 larvae, large solid circles represent counts of 

 101-500 larvae, and large solid circles with bisecting line represent counts of 501 or more larvae; negative hauls 

 are shown as small solid circles. 



Hygophum proximum (Becker) 

 (77 occurrences, 624 larvae) 



The distribution of larvae of H. proximum 

 again is illustrated (Figure 8) to show the 

 marked similarity in distribution to ETP I ( Ahl- 

 strom, 1971, Figure 10). Larvae of this species 

 were decidedly more abundant in the offshore 

 pattern occupied by Washington (55 occurren- 

 ces, 499 larvae). As noted earlier, larvae of H. 

 jiroximimi were taken in somewhat greater 



abundance in ETP II as compared to equivalent 

 ETP I (1.39 X ) . Fully half of the occurrences 

 and specimens of H. proximum larvae on ETP I 

 was in the unreplicated portion of ETP I cov- 

 erage, i.e., on the offshore line of stations along 

 long 126°W and in the offshore southern por- 

 tion of the pattern. There were three occur- 

 rences of larvae on ETP II in the southern part 

 of the Rockaivny pattern in transitional waters 

 of the Humboldt Current; larvae were not ob- 

 tained from this area on ETP I. 



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