LOVE ET AL.: DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS OF FISHES 



It is likely that a continuing warmwater regime 

 has or will alter the species' composition we found. 

 For instance, we might expect less successful year 

 classes among the rockfishes about the eastern 

 islands. Stephens et al. (in press) noted the essen- 

 tially complete failure of Sebastes mystinus and 5. 

 serranoides recruitment off Palos Verdes and 

 Redondo Beach (on the southern California main- 

 land) during this current warmwater cycle. On the 

 other hand, warmwater species, such as Paralabrojx 

 dathratus or Scorpaena guttata, might recruit more 

 successfully around the previously cool westerly 

 islands. Migratory species, such as Seriola lalandei, 

 Sphyraena argentea, or Scomber japonicus may also 

 be more abundant about these westerly islands. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank A. W. Ebeling for reviewing an early 

 draft and S. Warschaw for typing the manuscript. J. 

 Svejkovsky (Scripps Institution of Oceanography- 

 Satellite Oceanography) supplied the satellite sea 

 surface temperature data. This work was supported, 

 in part, by Federal Aid to sportfish restoration 

 (Dingell-Johnson) funds. 



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