'Sym - symmetrical. Migr - migrating. A over - About over 



^Str - straight, E fl. • early flexion, f^idfl - midflexion, L fl. - late flexion, Juv  juvenile 



^Asterisk indicates inclusion of dorsal fin pterygiophores in body depth measurement. 



Table 8. — Meristics of larvae and a juvenile of Pleuronichthys coenosus 

 (Specimens between dashed lines are undergoing notochord flexion.) 



'Prell - preflexion, E fl - early llexion, Midfl - midflexion, L fl - laie flexion. Post f 

 'LP refers to lunctional larval pectoral fins which have no ossified rays 

 ^Cleared and stained 



- poslflexion. Juv - juvenile 



rial range from northern California south to Point 

 Abreojos, Baja California (Figure 8). Our records 

 extend the range considerably southward for the 



species. Larval specimens range widely from 

 nearshore to about 200 mi offshore, but most oc- 

 currences are between 50 and 200 mi offshore. 



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