10.1 



103 



107 



11.4 



118 



118 



119 



120 



122 



127 



12.8 



129 



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137 



144 



148 



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15 9 



164 



168 



18,9 



19.5 



198 



20.5 



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223.6 



223.7 



224.2 



224.8 



2256 



226.6 



2267 



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567.6 



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N (see footnote 7). Larvae, including transform- 

 ing specimens, of S. flavidus in our collections 

 were captured at stations ranging from 24 to 266 

 km offshore. Larvae apparently range widely and 

 the limit observed are probably most indicative of 

 sampling effort. Within the size range of iden- 

 tified larvae, there was no apparent distribution 

 pattern relative to specimen size. Pelagic 

 juveniles were similarly distributed. Benthic 

 juveniles were taken close to the coast at depths 

 of 20-37 m. 



Adult S. melanops reportedly occur from 

 Paradise Cove, Baja California, to Amchitka Is- 

 land, Alaska (Miller and Lea 1972), although 

 Quast and Hall ( 1972) noted that records from the 



Aleutian Islands may have resulted from mis- 

 identified S. ciliatus. Sebastes melanops is most 

 common on the continental shelf at depths <200 

 m (Dunn and Hitz 1969; Niska 1976). Data tabu- 

 lated by Niska (1976) for Oregon trawl catches 

 show that 82% of the total S. melanops landings, 

 from 1963 to 1971, were taken in depths <54 m 

 while 93% were taken at depths <109 m. Larvae, 

 including transforming specimens, of S. 

 melanops in our collections were captured at sta- 

 tions ranging from 5 to 266 km offshore. Pelagic 

 juveniles have a similar distribution. Larvae 

 seem to range widely. However, sampling effort 

 was not uniform over the area and relatively lit- 

 tle sampling occurred nearshore, <40 km from 



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