TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1966. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Triphoturus mexicanus 9 90 



2 Engraulis mordax 9 87 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 828 



4 Sebastes spp. 698 



5 Protomyctophum crockeri 671 



6 Cyclothone spp. 59 3 



7 Citharichthys spp. 590 



8 Disintegrated fish larva 542 



9 Lampanyctus ritteri 52 3 



10 Trachurus symmetricus 50 3 



11 Unidentified fish larva 485 



12 Bathylagus wesethi 461 



13 Leuroglossus stilbius 449 



14 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 420 



15 Lampanyctus spp. 401 



16 Merluccius productus 398 



17 Diogenichthys laternatus 361 



18 Myctophidae 346 



19 Melamphaes spp. 3 40 



20 Stomias atriventer 326 



21 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 302 

 2 2 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 291 



23 Bathylagus ochotensis 260 



24 Sternoptychidae 250 



25 Lestidiops ringens 2 32 



26 Tarletonbeania crenularis 208 



27 Gobiidae 198 



28 Diaphus spp. 187 



29 Hygophum atratum 178 



30 Chauliodus macouni 171 

 30 Diogenichthys atlanticus 171 

 30 Citharichthys stigmaeus 171 



33 Diogenichthys spp. 16 5 



34 Sciaenidae 157 



35 Gonichthys tenuiculus 146 



36 Sardinops sagax 143 



37 Symphurus spp. 138 



38 Icichthys lockingtoni 131 



39 Synodus spp. 121 



40 Scopelarchidae 114 



41 Chromis punctipinnis 105 



42 Oxyjulis californica 97 



43 Argentina sialis 93 



44 Serranidae 91 



45 Sebastolobus spp. 87 



46 Hippoglossina stomata 8 3 



47 Pleuronichthys verticalis 81 

 47 Paralichthys californicus 81 



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