FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 77, NO. 4 



Table 2 . — Total numbers of individuals (N ) and rank of numerical abundance ( R I of larval fish species caught {n samples combined) 

 within each of seven depth intervals in the North Pacific central gyre during late summer. 



0-25 m 

 n =10 



25-50 m 

 n = 10 



50-75 m 

 n- 10 



75-100 m 

 n - 70 



100-225 m 

 n =6 



100-350 m 350-600 m 

 n = 6 n = Q 



Species 



Gonostomatidae: 

 Cyclothone alba 

 C sp- A (prob. pseudopalhda) 

 C. atrana 

 C spp 



Diplophos taenia 

 Gonostoma atlanticum 

 G elongatum 

 ichthyococcus ovatus 

 Margrethia obtusirostra 

 Valenciennelk/s tnpunctulatus 

 Vinciguerna nimbaria 

 V. powenae 

 V spp 

 Woodsia sp. 

 Sternoptychidae 

 Argyropelecus spp. 

 Sternoptyx diaphana 

 S pseudobscura 

 S spp 

 Myctophtdae 

 Lampanyctinae 



Bolinichthys distofax 



B longipes 



B spp 



Ceratoscopelus warmingi 



Diaphus anderseni 



D "slender B ' (D mollis B'>) 



D 'slender C" (D mollis A"?) 



D brachycephalus 



D. slender spp 



D. elucens (= perspicillatus) 



D. rolfbolini ( = phillipsi) 



D "stubby C " (D schmidti?) 



D stubby spp ' 



Lampadena anomala 



L. luminosa 



Lampanyctus "big snout" 



L. "lacks pectorals" 



L nobilis 



L. steinbecki 



L spp. 



Lobianchia gemellari 



Notolychnus valdiviae 



Tnphoturus nigrescens 

 Myctophinae 



Benthosema suborbitale 



Centrobranchus andrae 



C brevirostris 



C. choerocephalus 



Diogenichthys atlanticus 



Hygophum proximum 



H reinhardtt 



Myctophum brachygnathum 



M. lychnobium 



M. niDdulum 



M selenops 



M spp. 



Symbolophorus evermanni 

 Other Larvae: 

 Congridae: 



Ariosoma sp 

 Neniichthyidae 



Nemichthys scolopaceus 

 Bathylagtdae 



Bathylagus bencoides 



B longirostris 

 Stomialoid fishes' 

 Idiacanthidae: 



Idiacanthus fasciola 

 Paralepididae 



Type A (prob Lestidium nudum) 



Type B (like L interpacificum) 



Type D (prob Gen nov sp nov ) 



Paralepis atlantica 



Stemonosudis macrura 



580 

 49 



1 

 76 



13 



(1) 



(5) 



(38) 



(4) 

 (11) 



687 



(1) 



(26V2) 



(10) 

 (54) 



171 

 2 



(1) 

 (37) 



17 (12) 



(18) 376 (2) 



(25V2) 90 (9) 



28 (11) 



99 (2) 



2 (37) 

 61 (5) 



30 



10 



7 



25 



60 



34 



4 



(271/2) 



(6) 



(14) 

 (IB) 



(8) 



(2) 



(5) 



(27V2) 



(46V!) 



(13V4) 



(3) 



(levi) 

 (8V2) 



(10'/!) 



(6) 



(4) 



(8'/!) 

 (13'/!) 

 (26'/!) 



14 (1) 



4 (10'/!) 

 6 (6) 



(13'/2) 



(11) 



(") 

 (11) 



(1) 



3 (7'^) 

 1 (19) 



4 (5) 

 13 (1) 



(19) 

 (3) 



(5) 



(19) 



(19) 



(2) 



(11) 



6 (2) 



2 (11) 



1 (19) 



.458 

 60 



1 ( 



193 



14 



41 



14 



12 



4 



9 



514 



71 



204 



5 



5 



19 



(4) 6 



10 



27 

 225 

 51 



300 

 130 



11 

 119 



51 



19 

 230 

 134 



23 

 1 ( 

 8 



23 



18 



45 



26 



138 



8 



57 



44 

 146 



(4) 



(4) 



(19) 

 (19) 



65 



1 ( 



1 ( 



5 

 12 

 132 

 65 

 21 

 58 



7 



5 



3 

 108 



1 ( 



2 



1 ( 

 4 

 42 



(18'/!) 



5 

 16 



780 



