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Table 11. — Composition of catches oMained in four day 

 hauls and four night hauls with the 6-foot beam traicl 

 in Hawaiian loaters, John R. Manning cruise 9, Novem- 

 ber 1951 



Organisms 



Percent 



occur- 

 rence 



COELENTERATA: Unidentified - 



Hydrozoa: 



Siphonophora 



Medusae; Unidentified 



CHAETOONATHA: Unidentified 



Sagitta sp - -- 



ARTHROPODA: 

 Crustacea: 



Copepoda 



-Mysldacea: 



Lophogastridae 



Amphipoda: 



Oxycephalidae: 



Rhabdosoma sp 



Stomatopoda (larvae) 



Euphausiacea 



Decapoda: 

 Penaeidae: 



Cennadas sp 



Pandalidae: 



Parapandalus zur stras- 



seni 



Hoploplioridae: 



HoplophoTus graciiiTOStris. 



H. grimaldii 



Si/stelaspis debiUs.. 



Sergestidae: Unidentified 



Sergestes gardineri 



Sergestes sp 



Scyllaridae: Pliyllosoma 



Unidentified Decapoda 



Unidentified Crustacea — 



MOLLUSCA: 

 Gastropoda: 



Pteropoda 



Heteropoda: 



Pterotracheidae 



Cephalopoda: 



Decapoda (squids) 



Chiroteuthidae 



Unidentified MoUusca 



UNIDENTIFIABLE INVERTE- 

 BRATE MATERIAL 



CHORD ATA— Tunicata: 

 Thaliacea: 



Pyrosoraatidae _ 



Salpidae 



Unidentified Tunicata _. 



CHORDATA— Vertebrata: 

 Pisces: 



Gonostomidae: 



Mnciguerria lucdia 



Chauliodontidae: 



Chauliodits sp 



Astronesthidae: 



Asfronesthes lucifer 



Idiacanthidae 



Synodontidae 



>iyctophidae: Unidentified 



Bentbosema sp 



Diogenichihys atlaniicus 



Cenlrobranchus nigro-ocella- 



tus - 



Myctophum brachynathos 



A/, spinosum 



M. erermanni 



Notolychnus valdiciae 



Diaphus sp 



Lampanyctus pyrsobolus 



Lampanyctus sp 



Ceraloscopelus townsendi 



Apogonidae 



Acantlmridae 



Larval fish: 



Leptocephali: Unldentifled-- 



Unidentified larvae 



Unidentified Pisces 



Day 



Average 



number 



per 



haul 



100 

 60 



50 

 100 



Percent 



occur- 

 rence 



(■) 

 (') 



3 



7 



(') 



Night 



' Actual number not determined. 



Average 



number 



per 



haul 



75 



25 

 50 

 100 



25 



100 



75 



50 

 25 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 50 

 75 

 25 

 50 

 50 

 25 

 25 



50 

 100 

 26 



(>) 



36 

 2 

 14 



(') 



1 



27 

 29 



2 



6 



5 



22 



(') 

 (') 



(1) 



C) 



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Table 12. — Composition of catches obtained in six day 

 hauls and four night hauls with 6-foot Isaacs-Kidd 

 trawl in Hawaiian waters and in the Equatorial Coun- 

 tercurrent, John R. Manning cruise 20, April^May 195i 



Organisms 



Percent 

 occur- 

 rence 



COELENTERATA: 

 Hydrozoa: 



Siphonophora 



Medusae: Unidentified 



CTENOPHORA: Unidentified 



CHAETOONATHA: Unidentified 



ARTHROPODA: 

 Crustacea: 

 Mysldacea: 



Lophogastridae 



Amphipoda: 

 Phronimidae: 



Phronima sp. 



Ctycephalidae: 



Oxycepfialus sp 



Rhabdosoma sp 



Unidentified Amphipoda... 



Stomatopoda (larvae) 



Euphausiacea 



Decapoda: 

 Penaeidae: 



Cennadas scutatus 



Gennadas sp 



Funchalia taaningi 



Pandalidae: 



Parapandalus zur stras- 



seni 



Heterocarpus tnsifer 



Hoplophoridae: 



Hoplophorus typus 



H. graciliroslris 



Sergestidae : 



Sergestes gardineri 



Sergestes sp 



Pallnuridae: Phyllosoma 



Unidentified Decapoda 



Unidentified Crustacea 



MOLLUSCA: 

 Gastropoda: 

 Heteropoda: 



Pterotracheidae.. 



Cephalopoda: 



Decapoda (squids): 



Cranchlldae 



Unidentified MoUusca 



UNIDENTIFIABLE INVERTE- 

 BRATE MATERIAL 



CHORDATA— Tunicata: 

 Thaliacea: 



Pyrosomatidae 



Salpidae 



Unidentified Tunicata 



CHORDATA— Vertebrata: 

 Pisces: 



Gonostomidae: Unidentified 



Mnciguerria lucetia 



Gonostoma elongatum 



Diplophos taenia 



Stomlatidae: Unidentified 



Thysanactis denlei 



Thysanactis sp 



Eustomias sp 



Malacosteidae: 



Pbotostomias sp 



Aristostomias sp 



Paralepididae: Unidentified 



Myctophidae: 



Myclophum ammanni 



M. afline 



Diaphus sp. 



Lampanyctus pyrsobolus 



Lampanyctus sp 



CeratoscopeUts townsendi 



Bregmaeerotidae: 



Bregmaceros macctellandi 



Gempylidae: Unidentified. 



Tetragonuridue: 



Tetragonurus sp 



Larval fish: 



Ijcptocephall: Unidentifled. 



Uiidentified larvae 



Unidentified Pisces 



Day 



Average 



number 



per 



haul 



NIgbt 



100 

 17 



100 



33 



33 



33 

 100 



Percent 

 occur- 

 rence 



78 



Average 



number 



per 



haul 



100 

 25 

 76 



100 



25 



100 



25 



60 

 50 

 100 



25 



50 

 100 

 50 



' Actual Dumber not determined. 



