TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1962. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Engraulis mordax 454 



2 Triphoturus mexicanus All 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 371 



4 Cxjclothone spp. 27 7 



5 Sebastes spp. 27 3 



6 Protomyctophum crockeri 151 



7 Merluccius productus 228 



8 Leuroglossus stilbius 225 



9 Disintegrated fish larva 223 



10 Citharichthys spp. 2 21 



11 Trachurus symmetricus 208 



12 Lampanyctus ritteri 204 



13 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 179 



14 Bathylagus wesethi 168 



15 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 157 



16 Diogenichthys atlanticus 155 



17 Myctophidae 151 



18 Unidentified fish larva 147 



19 Symbolophorus californiensis 140 



20 Lampanyctus spp. 139 



21 Diogenichthys laternatus 127 



22 Tarletonbeania crenularis 115 



23 Melamphaes spp. 106 



24 Citharichthys stigmaeus 97 



25 Lestidiops ringens 80 



26 Tetragonurus cuvieri 76 

 26 Stomias atriventer 7 6 



28 Sternoptychidae 71 



29 Bathylagus ochotensis 66 



30 Diogenichthys spp. 6 2 



31 Scopelarchidae 60 



32 Sardinops sag ax 58 

 32 Hygophum reinhardtii 58 



34 Diaphus spp. 56 



35 Argentina sialis 49 



36 Pleuronichthys verticalis 47 



37 Lampadena urophaos 4 5 



38 Idiacanthus antrostomus 4 3 



39 Sciaenidae 42 

 39 Myctophum nitidulum 42 

 41 Gobiidae 41 

 41 Notoscopelus resplendens 41 

 41 Symphurus spp. 41 



44 Icichthys lockingtoni 39 



45 Hygophum atratum 38 



46 Paralichthys californicus 37 



47 Scopelogadus bispinosus 3 4 



48 Scomber japonicus 3 2 



45 



