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Pomatomus sattatrix n =9 1 1 5 



Peprilus triacanthus n=3529 



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Citharichthys arctifrons n=9354 



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Etropus microstomus n=705 



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Hippoglossina oblonga n=3614 



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 Auxissp. n=3132 



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Merluccius bilinearis n=1993 



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Urophycis sp. n= 1 1 368 



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Figure 3. — Mean proportions of larvae of eight species offish at four depths over a 24-h cycle from the 

 vertical distribution study of ichthyoplankton in the Middle Atlantic Bight, July 1974. 



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