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Senphiis politus larvae (no./lOOO m') in MESSHAl tows. Average from (A) deep and iBl shallow 

 tows at inshore (solid) and offshore (shaded) stations; (C) densities in 0-40 m stratum from 

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productus are demersal and their larvae are found 

 throughout the SCB at this season (Moser et al., 

 1993 ). Other studies (Gruber et al., 1982; McGowen, 

 1993 ) have shown that larvae of Leuroglossus stilbius 

 and Stenobrachius leucopsarus are relatively abun- 

 dant nearshore and, according to Barnett et al. 

 (1984), S. leucopsarus mayextend shoreward to 

 midshelf. This can be explained, in part, by the nar- 

 rowness of the shelf in this region and the proximity 

 to deep-water habitat. These species are unusual in 

 comparison with other bathylagids and myctophids 



in this region in having relatively high larval abun- 

 dances near the coast (Moser et al., 1993). Most lar- 

 vae of other taxa collected in this study were taken 

 at the nearshore station and represent demersal shelf 

 species. The most abundant of these, Genyonemus 

 lineatus, spawns during winter and early spring over 

 shelf waters throughout the SCB (Gruber et al., 1982 

 Schlotterbeck and Connally, 1982; Watson, 1982 

 Barnett et al., 1984; Brewer and Kleppel, 1986 

 Lavenberg et al., 1986; Walker et al., 1987; McGowen, 

 1993; Moser et al., 1993). Seriphus politus. the next 



