TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1961. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Engraulis mordax 408 



2 Triphoturus mexicanus 407 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 342 



4 Sebastes spp. 311 



5 Protomyctophum crockeri 247 



6 Cyclothone spp. 214 



7 Leuroglossus stilbius 202 



8 Citharichthys spp. 186 



9 Disintegrated fish larva 184 



10 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 177 



11 Myctophidae 165 



12 Tarletonbeania crenularis 160 



13 Lampanyctus ritteri 154 



14 Merluccius productus 152 



15 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 149 

 15 Bathylagus wesethi 149 



17 Lampanyctus spp. 148 



18 Unidentified fish larva 147 



19 Trachurus symmetricus 144 

 2 Melamphaes spp. 117 

 21 Diogenichthys atlanticus 102 

 2 2 Diogenichthys laternatus 94 

 23 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 82 



2 4 Diaphus spp. 7 7 



25 Scopelarchidae 67 



26 Notoscopelus resplendens 59 



27 Stomias atriventer 58 



28 Bathylagus ochotensis 57 



29 Sternoptychidae 54 

 29 Diogenichthys spp. 54 

 31 Lampadena urophaos 5 3 

 31 Sardinops sagax 53 

 33 Citharichthys stigmaeus 50 



3 3 Lestidiops ringens 50 



3 5 Idiacanthus antrostomus 48 



36 Myctophum nitidulum 46 



37 Tetragonurus cuvieri 4 5 



38 Hygophum reinhardtii 39 



39 Icichthys locking toni 38 



40 Lyopsetta exilis 32 



41 Gobiidae 31 



4 2 Notolychnus valdiviae 29 



42 Nansenia crassa 29 

 44 Chauliodus macouni 28 

 44 Sciaenidae 28 

 46 Trachipteridae 27 

 46 Hygophum atratum 27 

 48 Scomber japonicus 2 6 



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