TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1984. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Protomyctophum crockeri 327 



2 Engraulis mordax 314 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 287 



4 Sebastes spp. 284 



5 Triphoturus mexicanus 256 



6 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 238 



7 Bathylagus ochotensis 199 



8 Cyclothone spp. 190 



9 LeurogJossus stilbius 187 

 iO Disintegrated fish larva 168 



11 Symbolophorus californiensis 14 



12 Sternoptychidae 139 



13 Lampanyctus spp. 135 



14 Lampanyctus ritteri 134 



15 Diogenichthys atlanticus 127 



16 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 115 



17 Merluccius productus 111 

 17 Myctophidae 111 



19 Diaphus spp. 74 



20 Unidentified fish larva 69 



21 Melamphaes spp. 68 



2 2 Chauliodus macouni 67 



23 Bathylagus wesethi 64 



24 Lestidiops ringens 61 

 24 Diogenichthys laternatus 61 



26 rracfturus symmetricus 60 



27 Bathylagus pacificus 46 



28 Citharichthys stigmaeus 41 



29 Tarletonbeania crenularis 40 



30 Sebastes paucispinis 35 



31 Microstoma microstoma 33 



3 2 Icichthys locking toni 32 



32 Stomias atriventer 32 

 34 Diogenichthys spp. 27 

 34 Citharichthys sordidus 27 



36 Bathylagus spp. 26 



37 Tetragonurus cuvieri 25 

 37 Genyonemus lineatus 25 



39 Idiacanthus antrostomus 24 



40 Myctophum nitidulum 22 



41 Cottidae 21 



42 Trachipteridae 20 



43 Hygophum reinhardtii 19 

 43 Gobiidae 19 

 45 Cololabis saira 17 



4 5 Nansenia Candida 17 

 4 5 Scomber japonicus 17 

 4 5 Electrona rissoi 17 

 4 5 Danaphos oculatus 17 



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