TABLE 3. Pooled numbers of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 



cruises in 1957. Counts are adjusted for percent of 

 sample sorted and standard haul factor (see text). 



Rank Taxon Count 



1 Engraulis mordax 14908 5 



2 Merluccius productus 7 4129 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 57203 



4 Sebastes spp. 35708 



5 Leuroglossus stilbius 29880 



6 Trachurus symmetricus 20038 



7 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 17 549 



8 Triphoturus mexicanus 16124 



9 Diogenicbthys laternatus 12002 



10 Sardinops sagax 9787 



11 Bathylagus wesethi 6447 



12 Citharichthys xantbostigma 5491 



13 Citbaricbthys fragilis 5042 



14 Cyclotbone spp. 2879 



15 Lampanyctus ritteri 27 89 



16 Prionotus spp. 2731 



17 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 269 2 



18 Citharichtbys spp. 2660 



19 Synodus spp. 2 344 



20 Citharichthys stigmaeus 20 50 



21 Scomber japonicus 18 30 



22 Symphurus spp. 1623 



23 Symbolophorus californiensis 1619 



24 Tarletonbeania crenularis 1571 



25 Argentina sialis 1404 



26 Protomyctophum crockeri 1399 



27 Unidentified fish larva 1256 



28 Melamphaes spp. 1145 



29 Disintegrated fish larva 1108 



30 Bathylagus ochotensis 1078 



31 Sciaenidae 1037 



32 Labridae 1000 



33 Myctophidae 980 



34 Lyopsetta exilis 977 



35 Scorpaena spp. 922 



36 Ophidiiformes 834 



37 Lampanyctus spp. 824 



38 Icichthys lockingtoni 79' 



39 Peprilus simillimus 792 



40 Diogenicbthys atlanticus 779 



41 Gobiidae 777 



42 Tetragonurus cuvieri 708 



43 Bregmaceros spp. 677 



44 Hygophum atratum 642 



45 Diaphus spp. 640 



46 Ophidion scrippsae 57 5 



47 Gonichthys tenuiculus 469 



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