TABLE 3. Pooled numbers of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 



cruises in 1961. Counts are adjusted for percent of 

 sample sorted and standard haul factor (see text}. 



Rank Taxon Count 



1 Engraulis mordax 97385 



2 Vinciguerria lucetia 19801 



3 Triphoturus mexicanus 10892 



4 Sebastes spp. 9142 



5 Leuroglossus stilbius 8129 



6 Merluccius productus 7017 



7 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 5022 



8 Citharichthys spp. 3362 



9 Trachurus symmetricus 2953 



10 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 2620 



11 Cyclothone spp. 2 2 54 



12 Sardinops sagax 19 33 



13 Tarletonbeania crenularis 17 09 



14 Diogenichthys laternatus 1292 



15 Myctophidae 1228 



16 Protomyctophum crockeri 118 9 



17 Bathylagus wesethi 1133 



18 Lampanyctus ritteri 1106 



19 Lampanyctus spp. 879 

 19 Unidentified fish larva 879 



21 Disintegrated fish larva 857 



22 Diogenichthys atlanticus 753 



23 Diaphus spp. 681 

 2 4 Melamphaes spp. 5 94 

 2 5 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 487 



26 Diogenichthys spp. 452 



27 Notoscopelus resplendens 36 3 



28 Idiacanthus antrostomus 360 



2 9 Lampadena urophaos 319 



30 Bathylagus ochotensis 307 



31 Scopelarchidae 289 



32 Citharichthys stigmaeus 252 



33 Sciaenidae 243 



3 4 Synodus spp. 2 32 



35 Stomias atriventer 216 



36 Sternoptychidae 209 



37 Tetragonurus cuvieri 200 



38 Hygophum reinhardtii 190 



39 Oxyjulis calif ornica 185 



40 Lestidiops ringens 111 



41 Lyopsetta exilis 176 



4 2 Scomber japonicus 162 



43 Icichthys lockingtoni 157 



44 Myctophum nitidulum 156 



45 Notolychnus valdiviae 141 



46 Nansenia Candida 111 



47 Prionotus spp. 108 



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