Table 13. Number of taxa and dominant taxa of larval fishes and eggs collected 

 from six southern California wetlands. Taxa are listed in decreasing order of 

 abundance (na = data not available). 



Location 



Tijuana 

 Estuary 



Source 



Nordby 

 in prep. 



No. of Taxa 

 Larvae Eggs 



29 17 



Dominant Taxa 



Larvae: goby complex 



longjaw mudsucker 



silversides 



queenfish 



Eggs: croaker 



Pacific sardine 

 sanddab 

 northern anchovy 



San Diego 

 Bay 



McGowen 

 1977 



Larvae: goby complex 

 Eggs: deepbody anchovy 

 diamond turbot 



Newport 

 Bay 



White 

 1977 



33 



10 



Larvae: goby complex 



deepbody anchovy 

 slough anchovy 



Eggs: deepbody anchovy 

 slough anchovy 



Anaheim 

 Bay 



Leithiser 

 1977 



22 



na 



Larvae: goby complex 



longjaw mudsucker 

 Eggs: not identified 



Ballona 

 Wetland 



Swift & 



Frantz 



1981 



16 



14h 



Larvae: 

 Eggs: 



topsmelt 

 not given 



San Pedro Brewer 



Bay (west 1975, 



of Alamitos 1979 

 Bay) 



45 



na 



Larvae : 

 in 



1975 



Eggs: 



northern anchovy 



blennies 



croakers 



rockfishes 



gobies 



most not identified 



72 



