TABLE 2A. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1974. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Engraulis mordax 155 



2 Citharichthys spp. 96 



3 Sebastes spp. 94 



4 Sternoptychidae 63 



5 Protomyctophum crockeri 6 2 



6 Sciaenidae 58 



7 Leuroglossus stilbius 52 



8 Vinciguerria lucetia 48 



9 Triphoturus mexicanus 38 



10 Lampanyctus spp. 3 5 



11 Citharichthys stigmaeus 33 



12 Cyclothone spp. 3 



13 Diogenichthys laternatus 29 

 13 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 29 



15 Disintegrated fish larva 27 



16 Tarletonbeania crenularis 26 

 16 Gobiidae 26 



18 Paralichthys calif ornicus 2 5 



19 Diogenichthys atlanticus 22 



20 Unidentified fish larva 21 



21 Idiacanthus antrostomus 18 



22 Lestidiops ringens 16 

 2 2 Merluccius productus 16 



2 4 Bathylagus wesethi 15 



25 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 14 



26 Bathylagus ochotensis 13 



27 Myctophidae 12 



28 Lampanyctus ritteri 11 

 28 Sardinops sagax 11 

 30 Chauliodus macouni 10 

 30 Sebastes paucispinis 10 

 30 Gonostomatidae 10 



3 3 Gonichthys tenuiculus 9 

 3 3 Melamphaes spp. 9 



3 3 Stomias atriventer 9 

 33 Clinidae 9 

 37 Hippoglossina stomata 8 

 37 Nansenia crassa 8 

 37 Symphurus spp. 8 

 37 Microstoma microstoma 8 

 37 Tetragonurus cuvieri 8 



4 2 Synodus spp. 7 

 42 Trachipteridae 7 

 42 Rosenblattichthys volucris 7 

 45 Ophidion scrippsae 6 

 45 Peprilus simillimus 6 

 45 Hypsoblennius spp. 6 

 45 Myctophum nitidulum 6 



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