total larvae; northern anchovy ranked second in frequency of 

 occurrence while V. lucetia ranked third (Tables 2, 3). The 

 myctophid Protomyctophum crockeri ranked first in frequency of 

 occurrence but only ninth in abundance with 1.4% of the total 

 larvae. Pacific hake, Merluccius productus , ranked third in 

 abundance with 9.6% of total larvae, and 17th in incidence. 

 Sebastes spp. ranked fourth in both abundance (5.0% of total 

 larvae) and incidence. Fifth, sixth and seventh in numbers of 

 larvae were a myctophid, Stenobrachius leucopsarus (4.3%), the 

 deep-sea smelt Leuroglossus stilbius (4.0%), and another myctophid 

 Triphoturus mexicanus (2.6%). These ranked 6th, 9th and 5th 

 respectively in numbers of occurrences. The last three of the ten 

 most abundant taxa were a deep-sea smelt Bathylagus ochotensis 

 (1.9%), the myctophid Protomyctophum crockeri noted above (1.4%) 

 and the bristlemouth Cyclothone spp. (1.1%). These ranked 7th, 1st 

 and 8th in occurrence. The 10 most abundant taxa included 88% of 

 all the larvae collected during CalCOFI cruises in 1984. The 

 remaining 12% was distributed among 125 other taxa plus the 

 disintegrated and unidentified categories. Of the top 10, 7 are 

 midwater taxa, 2 are coastal demersal taxa, and 1 is a coastal 

 pelagic species. 



EXPLANATION OF TABLES 



Table 1 - This table lists by cruise the pertinent station and tow 

 data for 1984: the volume of water filtered and standard 

 haul factor for each tow, the percent of sample sorted, 

 and the total numbers of fish eggs and larvae. CalCOFI 

 cruises are designated by four digits; the first two 

 indicate the year and the second two the month. Within 

 each cruise the data are listed in order of increasing 

 line and station number (southerly and seaward 

 directions) ; the order of station occupancy is shown on 

 the station charts (Figures 2-8) . Stations are 

 designated by two groups of digits; the first set 

 indicates the line and decimal fraction, and the second 

 set indicates the station on the line. Time is listed 

 as Pacific Standard Time at the start of each tow in 

 24-hour designation. Methods for determining tow depth, 

 volume of water strained, standard haul factor, and 

 percent sorted were described in the methods section. The 

 values for total fish eggs and larvae represent raw 

 counts (unadjusted for percent sorted or standard haul 

 factor) . Ship codes are as follows: JD, David Starr 

 Jordan', NH, New Horizon. 



Table 2 - This table lists pooled occurrences of all larval fish 

 taxa taken during 1984 in ranked order. 



